Elon Musk Battles Australia Over Global Censorship of Violent Video

Elon Musk is contesting Australian officials who want a violent video removed globally from X. The video, captured during a livestream, shows a 16-year-old boy stabbing Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel outside Sydney’s Christ the Good Shepherd Church. Major US news outlets aired the video without edits. Australia’s eSafety Commission wants the video removed worldwide, but Musk argues that Australia shouldn’t dictate global content. Despite past criticism of Musk’s content moderation, Gizmodo agrees with him in this case. The video remains available on some accounts, raising questions about X’s compliance with the court order.

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