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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Technology
Martin Farrer and agencies

Elon Musk hits back at Australian court order against X images of stabbing

Tesla boss and X owner Elon Musk
X owner Elon Musk has attacked the Australian government for ‘censorship’. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

Elon Musk has hit back at the Australian internet watchdog’s attempts to force his social media platform X into blocking users from seeing violent footage relating to the Sydney church stabbing.

On Monday evening the Australian federal court ordered Elon Musk’s X to hide posts containing videos of a stabbing at a Sydney church last week from users globally, after the eSafety commissioner launched an urgent court case seeking an injunction.

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