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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Technology
Josh Taylor

Order from eSafety to hide Sydney church stabbing video was invalid, X tells court

A smartphone displaying the icons of various apps including X
Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, is challenging an order from Australia’s e-Safety commissioner to remove posts showing video of a stabbing at a Sydney church. Photograph: Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

Elon Musk’s X Corp has argued notices ordering the company to remove tweets showing video of a stabbing attack at a Sydney church were invalid, and told a court it was not reasonable for Australia’s eSafety commissioner to expect the 65 posts to be taken down globally.

Last month, X was ordered to hide the posts of the stabbing attack on bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel while he was giving a livestreamed service at the Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd church in the suburb of Wakeley.

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