Musk targets Australian senator, gun laws in deepening dispute over X stabbing content
8 months ago

Musk targets Australian senator, gun laws in deepening dispute over X stabbing content

The Hindu  

Elon Musk said an Australian senator should be jailed and suggested the country's gun laws were meant to stop resistance against its "fascist government", escalating his battle over a court order to remove video posts of a bishop being stabbed. One senator, Jacqui Lambie, deleted her X account to protest publication of the footage and called for other politicians to do the same, saying Musk had "no social conscience or conscience whatsoever". Musk widened his attacks on Australia, including promoting a post from an unnamed but verified X user which said the country "disarmed all of their citizens in 1996 so that they cannot resist their fascist government", a reference to a gun buy-back and registration scheme after the country's worst mass shooting. "Instead, we're seeing megalomaniacs like Elon Musk going to court to fight for the right to show alleged terrorist content on his platform," she added.

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Elon Musk No-Shows Critical Court Hearing Over $1 Million Voter Giveaway
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Elon Musk No-Shows Critical Court Hearing Over $1 Million Voter Giveaway

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Tech billionaire Elon Musk was a no-show in a Philadelphia courtroom Thursday morning, despite a judge having ordered his appearance to face proceedings in a civil lawsuit brought against him by District Attorney Larry Krasner for a daily $1 million giveaway to registered voters. Early this week, Judge Angelo Foglietta of the Philadelphia County Court of Common …

Musk deletes post speculating about Harris and Biden assassination after widespread criticism
3 months, 1 week ago

Musk deletes post speculating about Harris and Biden assassination after widespread criticism

The Hindu  

Elon Musk has deleted a post on his social media platform X in which he said “no one is even trying to assassinate” President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the wake of an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump while he was playing golf. Early Monday, after taking down the post about the apparent Trump …

Musk deletes post about Harris and Biden assassination after widespread criticism
3 months, 1 week ago

Musk deletes post about Harris and Biden assassination after widespread criticism

Associated Press  

Elon Musk has deleted a post on his social media platform X in which he said “no one is even trying to assassinate” President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the wake of an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump while he was playing golf. Early Monday, after taking down the post about the apparent Trump …

Police brace for rioting across UK
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Police brace for rioting across UK

China Daily  

By JONATHAN POWELL in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-08-08 09:25 A police van is seen parked near Waltham Forest Immigration Bureau in London, Britain, Aug 7, 2024. Police in the United Kingdom were monitoring numerous planned far-right gatherings across the country on Wednesday, following disorder that has erupted in multiple locations in the past week as a …

Australian online watchdog drops court case against X over stabbing video
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Australian online watchdog drops court case against X over stabbing video

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia’s online safety watchdog said on Wednesday she had dropped her Federal Court case that attempted to force X Corp. to take down a video of a Sydney bishop being stabbed. But eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said she would continue her legal action in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal against the platform rebranded in 2023 after billionaire …

Australia drops legal fight against X over church stabbing videos
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Australia drops legal fight against X over church stabbing videos

Al Jazeera  

Australia’s internet watchdog has ended a legal battle to force Elon Musk’s X to remove a graphic video of a church stabbing in Sydney. “Most Australians accept this kind of graphic material should not be on broadcast television, which begs an obvious question of why it should be allowed to be distributed freely and accessible online 24/7 to anyone, including …

Why is Elon Musk feuding with Australia and Brazil over free speech?
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Why is Elon Musk feuding with Australia and Brazil over free speech?

Al Jazeera  

X owner is fighting governments over their attempts to curtail online content deemed to be harmful. Musk also said X would “lift all restrictions” on the banned accounts, although the platform said it had complied with the orders pending legal challenges. “Our concern is that if ANY country is allowed to censor content for ALL countries, which is what the …

Elon Musk accuses Australia of censorship after court bans violent video
8 months ago

Elon Musk accuses Australia of censorship after court bans violent video

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — Tech billionaire Elon Musk 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. Hours later, Musk posted on his personal X account a cartoon that depicted a fork in a road with one path leading …

Elon Musk lashes out against Australian court demand to remove stabbing video on X
8 months ago

Elon Musk lashes out against Australian court demand to remove stabbing video on X

The Hindu  

Elon Musk lashed out against the Australian government after his platform was ordered by a court to take down videos and media that showed the stabbing of Orthodox Christian leader Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel in Sydney on April 15. The country’s eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, had earlier told X and Meta to remove the violent media from their platforms …

Musk responds to Australian PM's 'It's about common sense' remarks on removal of church attack video
8 months ago

Musk responds to Australian PM's 'It's about common sense' remarks on removal of church attack video

India TV News  

A war of words has erupted between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the Australian government as well as a judge after the latter asked social media platform, X, to remove the videos related to a recent Sydney church attack. Musk opines judgment as violation of free speech Hours later, Musk posted on his personal X account a cartoon that depicted …

Elon Musk challenges Brazil's order to block certain X accounts
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Elon Musk challenges Brazil's order to block certain X accounts

Hindustan Times  

Elon Musk is challenging a decision by a Supreme Court justice in Brazil who ordered his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, to block certain accounts, and he called on Sunday for the judge's resignation. Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter "This judge has brazenly and repeatedly betrayed the …

Australia fines Elon Musk's X $386,000 over anti-child abuse gaps
1 year, 2 months ago

Australia fines Elon Musk's X $386,000 over anti-child abuse gaps

The Hindu  

An Australian regulator has fined Elon Musk's social media platform X A$610,500 for failing to cooperate with a probe into anti-child abuse practices, a blow to a company that has struggled to keep advertisers amid complaints it is going soft on moderating content. Inman Grant said the commission also issued a warning to Alphabet's Google for noncompliance with its request …

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