A federal court has eviscerated the Australian eSafety Commissioner’s attempt to force Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly Twitter, to remove footage of a stabbing at a Western Sydney church globally.
A federal court judge has shutdown the eSafety Commissioner's argument in its legal battle against Elon Musk 's X Corp over a global takedown order calling for the removal of the Wakeley church stabbing.
X Corp had complied with the order by geo-blocking posts containing the footage, but the eSafety Commissioner claimed this was insufficient because Australians could still access the content if they were using a VPN. Federal Court Judge Geoffrey Kennett denied the eSafety Commissioner’s request for an injunction on Monday, with the full ruling being released on Tuesday morning.
“It would likewise govern the relationships between that corporation and its users everywhere in the world.”“The Commissioner, exercising her power under s 109, would be deciding what users of social media services throughout the world were allowed to see on those services.” Free speech advocates have commended the judgement, with the Free Speech Union of Australia declaring the eSafety Commissioner should never have attempted to impose such an expansive injunction.
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