• Australia news live: Jacqui Lambie deletes X account after criticising Elon Musk; Victorian Greens pick first millennial leader

    Follow the day’s news liveElon Musk’s X v Australia’s online safety regulator: untangling the tweet takedown ordersGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAnglicare says government spending eight times more on private investors than building housing itselfThe Anglicare Australia executive director, Kasy Chambers, says the government must step up and intervene, instead of leaving housing to the private sector:We found that the government spends eight times as much...

  • Elon Musk's X is DOWN: Worldwide outage hits app and website

    Elon Musk's X is experiencing issues with users reporting problems with the app. Issues are also plaguing the website, news feed and posts. X is back online following a more than one hour outage

  • "Not About Freedom Of Expression": Aussie Politicians Unite Against Elon Musk's X

    "Not About Freedom Of Expression": Aussie Politicians Unite Against Elon Musk's X Authored by Monica O'Shea via The Epoch Times, Elon Musk’s X is facing strong criticism from both the centre-left Labor Party and the centre-right Liberal-National Coalition in Australia amid a legal challenge against the country’s online content tsar. Mr. Musk labelled Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant (a former Twitter employee), the “Australian censorship commissar,” after she...

  • Life After X: Journos Who Ditched Elon Musk’s Twitter Speak Out

    Mediaite spoke with four journalists about what caused them to limit their use of Twitter and what their social media use looks like now.

  • Elon Musk Woes Continue: Meta Threads Poised to Overtake X

    In July of last year, Meta launched a Twitter competitor called Threads. The platform's similarity with Twitter sparked constant comparisons between the two social media platforms. While many assumed Meta's offering would lag far behind the rebranded X (formerly Twitter), new data indicate this may not be true.However, it is worth noting that third-party app data providers lack access to the entire data stream from the apps themselves. In other words, their numbers, while informative, may only...

  • Elon Musk's X says posts of Australia bishop stabbing don't promote violence

    Elon Musk's social media platform X defended publishing posts showing a bishop in Australia being stabbed during a sermon as part of public discussion , rejecting a regulator's order to take down the content on grounds it is offensive and violent. In a post overnight, X's global government affairs account said the video taken by an innocent bystander should not have been banned under Australian law, which permits content that can be reasonably considered as part of public discussion or...

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    Elon Musk defies Australia’s order to remove a violent video from X

    Elon Musk is in a row with the Australian government after its online safety regulator called for a video of an Assyrian bishop being stabbed at a Sydney church to be removed from X, his social media platform. The video shows Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel being stabbed during a church service that was being livestreamed on April 15. The nonfatal attack, which authorities said was a terrorist act motivated by suspected religious extremism, led to rioting outside the church. Australia’s eSafety...

  • Court orders Elon Musk's X to block Sydney church stabbing footage

    Musk slams Australia ban on church stabbing videos (Top headline, 1st story, link) Related stories:PM calls out 'arrogant billionaire'Meet TESLA Diehards Sticking With Stock Despite Disastrous YearStreet frets earnings Developing Drudge Report Feed needs your support!   Become a Patron

  • Elon Musk hits back at Australian court order against X images of stabbing

    The Tesla billionaire uses posts on his social media platform to attack Anthony Albanese and the eSafety commissionerFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastElon Musk has hit back at the Australian internet watchdog’s attempts to force his social media platform X into blocking users from seeing violent footage relating to the Sydney church stabbing.On Monday evening the Australian federal court ordered Elon...

  • Elon Musk: Brazil Supporters of Ex-President Bolsonaro Praise the X Owner

    Brazilian supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro are praising Elon Musk's free speech ideals.

  • X owner Elon Musk says opposed to US ban of competitor TikTok

    Elon Musk on Friday came out against banning TikTok in the United States, even if it would mean less competition for his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, as the initiative sees fresh bipartisan momentum in Congress.The US House of Representatives is set to vote on Saturday on a bill that would force TikTok to divest from Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a nationwide ban.The measure, which has the vocal backing by many Democrats and Republicans, has also been written into a...

  • Elon Musk's X hit with worldwide outage for more than one hour that impacted thousands of users

    Elon Musk's X is back online following a more than one hour outage that plagued thousands of users worldwide. Issue reports cited problems with the website and app.