Australia’s prime minister has labelled X’s owner, Elon Musk, an “arrogant billionaire who thinks he is above the law” as the rift deepens between Australia and the tech platform over the removal of videos of a violent stabbing in a Sydney church.

On Monday evening in an urgent last-minute federal court hearing, the court ordered a two-day injunction against X to hide posts globally containing the footage of the alleged stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel on 15 April. The eSafety commissioner had previously directed X to remove the posts, but X had only blocked them from access in Australia pending a legal challenge.

Anthony Albanese on Tuesday said Musk was “a bloke who’s chosen ego and showing violence over common sense”.

“Australians will shake their head when they think that this billionaire is prepared to go to court fighting for the right to sow division and to show violent videos,” he told Sky News. “He is in social media, but he has a social responsibility in order to have that social licence.”

“What the eSafety commissioner is doing is doing her job to protect the interests of Australians. And the idea that someone would go to court for the right to put up violent content on a platform shows how out of touch Mr Musk is,” he said.

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    8 months ago

    Australian history is littered with corrupt politicians who also think they were, and are, above the law.

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      8 months ago

      And that doesn’t change the fact Musk is completely high on his own farts

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        I would laugh if you weren’t driving a Tesla 🤣

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          I’m not sure what you’re saying here, or why

          I don’t drive a tesla. I bike.

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          I have a tesla and think that Elon is a moron. There’s plenty of us. Very narrow minded to think that all Tesla owners support musk.

          Do you boycott any product after researching the CEO in great detail and not liking them ?

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        Calling out a shit billionaire doesn’t make you or your historically just as bad or worse class heroes.

        Stop talking and do something about it.

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            I’d say it’s a mindless attempt at whataboutism