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Australia Suspends Stabbing Video Case Against X

Australia DropsSuspends Stabbing Video Case Against X

Above: MAY 6: Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X Holdings Corp., speaks at the Milken Institute's Global Conference Image copyright: Apu Gomes/Stringer/Getty Images News via Getty Images

The Facts

  • Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman-Grant has dropped her order against social media company X to take down the video of the stabbing of Christ The Good Shepherd Church Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel.

  • Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has dropped her order against Elon Musk's X to take down video footage of the stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel in Sydney. Inman-Grant previously argued the video could incite further violence.


The Spin

The only person who feels this is a win is Elon Musk, who is in the minority among other social media companies who chose to remove the violent video. Until the Appeals Tribunal makes its final decision, Musk and his platform will continue to put the world at risk of further violence. The eSafety Commissioner's job is to keep Australians safe, and she which is why her legal fight is not over.

It appears Julie Inman Grant has finally hit a wall in her pursuit to rule over the Australian internet. While she's successfully taken down content critical of transgender ideology, Australia's chief censor has finally met her match in Elon Musk. Musk has proven that one authoritarian woman does not have the right to cleanse the internet of material she deems a threat to her political beliefs.


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