Billionaire Elon Musk’s escalating battle with Australia’s eSafety Commissioner and how far into cyberspace the internet cop should be allowed to reach is due to return to court.
The Tesla and SpaceX founder has stridently defended his social media platform X after it was accused of failing to remove footage of an alleged Sydney terror attack.
Blocking clips of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel’s April 15 stabbing to Australian web users was enough, X has argued.
But eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, backed by a rare united front of Australian politicians, wants the “extreme violent video content” deleted from servers as other social media platforms have done.
“To be clear, eSafety’s removal notice does not relate to commentary, public debate, or other posts about this event—even those which may link to extreme violent content,” a spokesman said on 23 April.
“It only concerns the video of the violent stabbing attack on Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel.”
