Anthony Albanese responds to X owner who criticised Australian authorities demanding videos of a Sydney church stabbing be removed
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Australia’s prime minister has labelled the X owner, Elon Musk, an “arrogant billionaire who thinks he is above the law” as the rift deepens between Australia and the tech platform over the removal of videos of a violent stabbing in a Sydney church.
On Monday evening in an urgent last-minute federal court hearing, the court ordered a two-day injunction against X to hide posts globally containing the footage of the alleged stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel last Monday evening that the eSafety commissioner had directed X to remove, but X had only blocked from access in Australia pending a legal challenge.
