Australia's online safety regulator has been dealt a loss in its battle with the Elon Musk-owned social media platform X over video of a stabbing during a live-streamed sermon.
The eSafety Commissioner had sought a temporary injunction ordering X, formerly Twitter, to block 65 websites containing a clip of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel being attacked until Justice Geoffrey Kennett determined whether the social media platform breached any laws. An order was made and extended in April, but Justice Kennett on Monday rejected an application to extend the injunction further before a hearing in the Federal Court on Wednesday.
The commissioner's barrister Tim Begbie KC said X's policies permitted it to take posts down globally and it did so when it suited. "Global removal is reasonable when X does it because X wants to do it, but it becomes unreasonable when X is told to do it by the laws of Australia," he said, characterising the company's position.
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