Musk has sparred with Australian lawmakers and officials over X’s refusal to remove content of a church stabbing in Sydney worldwide.
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Elon Musk scored a victory against the Australian government on Monday after a court refused a request to extend an order forcing X to hide videos of a violent church stabbing, the latest step in a bitter feud pitting the free-speech crusading billionaire against lawmakers branding him as arrogant and lacking social responsibility.Key Facts
Australia’s Federal Court sided with Musk’s social media platform over the country’s digital regulator by refusing to extend a temporary court order for it to hide videos of a Sydney church stabbing in April, which was caught on a live stream and declared a terrorist attack by the government.
The court previously granted an injunction blocking more than 60 posts showing footage of the attack on X, which eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant sought after X decided to only hide the videos in Australia instead of removing them worldwide.
