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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Technology
Josh Taylor

Elon Musk replies to post by far-right Austrian linked to Christchurch terrorist after X account restored

Elon Musk
The owner of X, Elon Musk, replied to a far-right founder of the so-called Identitarian Movement who was in contact Brenton Tarrant prior to the Christchurch terror attacks. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

A far-right Austrian who received donations from and communicated with the Christchurch terrorist before the 2019 attack has had his X account restored, with X owner Elon Musk replying to one of his tweets.

The founder of the so-called Identitarian Movement, Martin Sellner, who preaches the superiority of European ethnic groups, was banned from Twitter in 2020 under the former management along with dozens of other accounts linked to the movement amid criticism over the platform’s handling of extremist content.

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