Federal Court approves temporary legal injunction to block Wakeley stabbing content from X

📆 4/22/2024 12:46 PM
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The Federal Court of Australia has ordered social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) to hide all graphic content depicting the recent stabbing of a bishop at a western Sydney church.

Elon Musk-owned platform X has been ordered by the Federal Court to block all content from the Wakeley church stabbing, in an interim injunction granted to the eSafety Commissioner.The Federal Court of Australia has ordered social media platform X to hide all graphic content depicting the recent stabbing of a bishop at a western Sydney church.

Justice Kennet allowed X Corp a maximum of 24 hours to hide material identified in Ms Inman Grant’s notice from all its global users. X took the eSafety Commissioner to court, arguing she had overstepped her powers by issuing a globally applicable order which was “not within the scope of Australian law”.

Echoing the statement, Musk likened Ms Inman Grant’s removal notice to “censorship” and “global content bans”.

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