Elon Musk accuses Australia of censorship after court bans violent video

Published April 22, 2024 9:12 PM

By ROD McGUIRK
Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tech billionaire Elon Musk has accused Australia of censorship after an Australian judge ruled that his social media platform X must block users worldwide from accessing video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese responded Tuesday by describing Musk as an “arrogant billionaire.” X announced it would fight in court Australian orders to take down posts relating to a knife attack on a bishop as a service was being streamed online on April 15. The material was geoblocked from Australia but remained available elsewhere. But the regulator that made the orders successfully applied Monday to the Federal Court for a temporary global ban on sharing the video.

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