An Australian court has ordered billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform to block every user from seeing violent footage related to a Sydney church stabbing, not just block it for Australian audiences.
Amid political unity against X Corp’s defiant stance to keep potentially harmful content online, the nation’s internet cop launched the matter in the Federal Court on Monday evening.
During a hastily arranged hearing, a barrister for the eSafety Commissioner said the “graphic and violent” video remained online on X, formerly known as Twitter.
A 16-year-old boy has since been charged with a terrorism offence over the stabbings of Assyrian bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel and Father Isaac Royel during a live-streamed service last Monday night.
The stabbing attack led to a riot outside Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley.
In a video that has been circulating, the alleged attacker referred to insults against “my Prophet” before the stabbing.
