Australian Government Attacks ‘Egotistical’ Musk Over Livestreamed Stabbing Posts

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday said he found it “extraordinary” that Elon Musk’s X would choose to legally challenge an order to remove certain posts related to a bishop being stabbed on a church livestream.

Videos of the attack on Mar Mari Emmanuel at the Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd church in Sydney spread rapidly online following the incident. Australia’s eSafety commissioner issued orders to X—formerly known as Twitter—and Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, to remove posts including graphic footage of the attack.

While Meta complied with the order, X objected, saying on Friday that some of the posts that were ordered to be removed “publicly commented on the recent attack” but “did not violate X’s rules on violent speech.” The company also said it did not believe the order fell within the scope of Australian law and that the commissioner “does not have the authority to dictate what content X’s users can see globally.”

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