Australian News / 24 April 2024
Musk takes aim at the PM
Billionaire Elon Musk hasn’t made many friends in Oz this week, with the war of words continuing between him and political leaders over graphic content on X (aka Twitter). On Monday night, Australia’s eSafety Commission won an emergency interim injunction in the Federal Court to remove videos of last week’s terror attack at the Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Sydney. That’s due to expire at 5pm today, and X will give its response. Musk has already accused PM Albanese of “censorship” saying, “if ANY country is allowed to censor content for ALL countries, which is what the Australian ‘eSafety Commissar’ is demanding, then what is to stop any country from controlling the entire internet”. Albanese disagrees – he said he won’t cop any flak from Musk. And today, all eyes will be on Oz’s federal police chief and our head spy speaking about the role of tech giants in fighting crime and disinformation online.
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