The online watchdog has dropped its legal action against Elon Musk’s social media giant X after it refused to remove content related to the Sydney church stabbing. eSafety launched proceedings in the Federal Court earlier this year after X, formerly Twitter, vowed to fight a global take-down order content fromContinue Reading
Lawyers for social media giant X and its billionaire owner Elon Musk have warned the new power push from Australia’s eSafety Commissioner to demand the global removal of a violent video depicting the stabbing of a Sydney bishop could chill speech worldwide and prevent consumers from accessing “newsworthy” material. LawyersContinue Reading
Tackling the growth of “misogynistic hate groups” is vital in the ongoing fight against violence towards women, a federal MP says.Appearing on the ABC’s Q&A program on Monday night, Murray Watt said online media was being used in a way not possible before. “The growth of those misogynistic hate groupsContinue Reading
Australia must be “realistic” about content people in other countries can view on social media, Peter Dutton says, as a bitter fight to remove the violent footage of the Sydney church stabbing wages on. The Opposition Leader fuelled suggestions of an internal rift within his party on Thursday after heContinue Reading
The Sydney bishop who was stabbed while livestreaming a sermon 10 days ago has voiced his opinion about ongoing efforts to have the video pulled. On Anzac Day, the Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Western Sydney shared an 11-minute video of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel where he expressed “greatContinue Reading
The bishop who was stabbed during a live sermon “strongly” supports the video of the alleged attack remaining online, lawyers for Elon Musk’s X have told a court. The technology company, formerly known as Twitter, is embroiled in a legal stoush with the eSafety commissioner over graphic videos of theContinue Reading
The Australian government is actively considering clamping down on ensuring children are not using social media amid mounting pressure to ensure tech companies play their part in protecting young people. After months of lobbying from the Coalition, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland on Wednesday said age verification was a “very liveContinue Reading
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil says she wants social media companies to be subject to more regulation as a bitter fight to remove the violent footage of the Sydney church stabbing wages on. “They are creating civil division, social unrest, just about every problem that we have as a countryContinue Reading
Elon Musk has mocked Anthony Albanese in a series of posts on his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The eSafety commissioner won a two-day interim legal injunction to force X to hide any material depicting the alleged stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel last Monday while heContinue Reading
Elon Musk and his social media company X have vowed to fight orders by Australia’s online watchdog to remove content related to alleged Sydney church stabbing attack. On Tuesday, eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant said social media giants X, formerly Twitter, and Facebook parent company Meta would be issued aContinue Reading