Elon Musk picks ‘propaganda’ fight with Anthony Albanese after defying Federal Court order

Nathan Jolly

April 23, 2024 9:15

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is currently involved in a war of words with billionaire Elon Musk, after the tech giant refused to comply with a Federal Court order to remove videos of the Wakeley church stabbing from social media platform X.

The eSafety commissioner won a court injunction in the Federal Court against X forcing the removal of the content, after the company ignored formal takedown notices. The online safety regulator says it worked successfully with Google, Microsoft, Snap, and TikTok to remove the “extremely violent video content” from their platform, but X and Meta “were not taking adequate steps to protect Australians from this material”.

Meta later complied, but X has held firm, with owner Musk baiting Albanese with the below message.

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Nathan Jolly

Nathan Jolly is the Features Editor at Mumbrella. He joined the team in July, 2023.

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Sean Morris 23 Apr 24

Kennedy Jr: There Was No Time In History Where The People Censoring Free Speech Were The Good Guys.

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Anonymous 23 Apr 24

Musk is literally the biggest d*ckhead in the world..
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Freedom to see 23 Apr 24

You should be able able to see content even if its offensive. Just having safety warnings is enough. Otherwise you can have a government that mitigates what citizens can see which is not safe

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