"Not About Freedom Of Expression": Aussie Politicians Unite Against Elon Musk's X
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Zero Hedge— "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...
The Guardian—Elon Musk’s battle over the Sydney church stabbing video is not about freedom of speech. It’s to titillate his followers. The X owner was always going to turn the video removal request into a glib culture war fought with 4chan-style memes and late-night missivesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThis battle was never about the removal of a single violent video for Elon Musk – it was always going to turn into a glib culture war fought with 4chan-style memes and late-night missives featuring Musk as the free speech antihero fighting Woke Governments of the World. At least, that...
Drudge Report—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.
MSNBC—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...