The billionaire's social media platform X insists no government has the right to impose a global ban on content.
Billionaire Elon Musk's social media platform escalated its dispute with the Albanese government overnight by defying a federal court order to remove footage of an alleged Sydney terror attack.
Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, backed by a rare united front of Australian politicians, wants the "extreme violent video content" deleted from servers as other social media platforms have done.Overnight X Global Government Affairs insisted the clip did not incite or encourage violence.
The social media platform has restricted the posts about the alleged attack in Australia, but is refusing to remove them from around the world."X believes it has complied with the notice issued by eSafety, and with Australian law, by restricting all the posts at issue in Australia," it said in a statement.
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