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‘Arrogant billionaire’: Australia, Musk in war of words over censorship

An Australian judge on Monday ruled that X, owned by Musk, must block users worldwide from accessing videos of the knife attack on an Assyrian Christian bishop in Sydney [Etienne Laurent/AFP]

Australia and Elon Musk have escalated their war of words over censorship after an Australian court ordered social media platform X to remove footage of a church stabbing.

An Australian judge on Monday ruled that X must block users worldwide from accessing videos of a knife attack on an Assyrian Christian bishop in Sydney after the country’s internet watchdog sought an injunction.

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