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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Josh Taylor

Internet regulator speaks out over Sydney video viewed by Southport killer that X fought to keep online

A court sketch shows an empty chair in the dock during the sentencing of the Southport killer Axel Rudakubana at Liverpool Crown Court
A court sketch shows an empty chair in the dock during the sentencing of Axel Rudakubana at Liverpool Crown court. Before murdering three girls in Southport in July 2024, he searched for a video of the Sydney church attack in which a bishop was allegedly stabbed while livestreaming a sermon. Photograph: Elizabeth Cook/PA

Australia’s online safety regulator has expressed “great sadness” after it was revealed a British teenager who fatally stabbed three children in the UK had earlier searched for a video of a Sydney church stabbing on social media that her office had attempted to have taken down.

An eSafety spokesperson on Friday said in attempting to have X remove the Sydney video it “was guided by its mission to protect our community from harmful online material, including material that may severely traumatise, manipulate or radicalise vulnerable people, especially children and the young”.

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