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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Nino Bucci

Elon Musk and X to fight Australian eSafety order to remove content relating to Sydney stabbing

Elon Musk and X
Elon Musk and X accuse Australia’s internet safety watchdog of censorship. Photograph: David Talukdar/Shutterstock

Elon Musk and his social media company X have accused Australia’s eSafety commissioner of censorship and say they will challenge in court an order to remove content on the site relating to Monday’s Sydney church stabbing.

On Tuesday the eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, said that X and Meta were issued with a notice to remove material within 24 hours that depicted “gratuitous or offensive violence with a high degree of impact or detail”, with the companies facing potential fines if they failed to comply.

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