eSafety 'saddened' to learn UK child killer searched for Wakeley stabbing video it fought Elon Musk to remove
ABCAustralia's eSafety Commission has expressed "great sadness" at the link between a triple murder in the United Kingdom and a violent video of a stabbing in Wakeley, Sydney, it had tried to remove from the internet. The April stabbing at the Assyrian Orthodox Church, Christ The Good Shepherd Church, in Western Sydney, happened during a sermon being streamed online, and was labelled a "terrorist attack" by police. "eSafety was guided by its mission to protect our community from harmful online material, including material that may severely traumatise, manipulate or radicalise vulnerable people, especially children and the young," the spokesperson said. Last year Australia's Independent National Security Legislation Monitor, Jake Blight, announced he would soon begin a review into terrorism, and specifically whether the current definition of what constituted a "terrorist act" under Australian law was "fit-for-purpose". In December, the Australian Federal Police expressed concern at the "increasing prevalence of young people accessing violent extremist material and propaganda online, leading to an increasing threat of youth radicalisation".
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