Elon Musk has stepped up his war of words with the Australian government over demands the X social media platform remove videos of the stabbing of a Sydney bishop, as the controversy around violent content spirals into a wider free speech debate.
Elon Musk has stepped up his war of words with the Australian government, reacting to one Senator’s call for him to be “jailed”.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant for the past week over what he has characterised as an “attempt to censor the entire world”.
If a person in Australia uses a virtual private network, which hides their location, they can view the content. Lawyers for the eSafety Commissioner argued geoblocking did not go far enough to comply with the Online Safety Act. “She will continue to expand her role to police the internet, to censor debate in a way that’s consistent with her ideological views … you have these unelected bureaucrats with vague powers and they will fill it with their views. She has a track record of censorship and it only ever targets one side, and unfortunately we’re seeing that happen again.”
“These platforms promote content that gets more engagement — be it reactions, views or shares — and this increases the risk that users could see certain types of content without wanting to. In the case of violent material, this could have severe negative consequences for people’s mental health, especially if they have experienced serious violence themselves which it is estimated up to 41 per cent of Australians have.
Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones said X had become a “playground for criminals and cranks” and a “factory for trolls and bots and misinformation”, and vowed to “fight” the social media giant.“We know we can’t rely on social media companies … we can’t trust them,” he said.
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