Australia's eSafety boss sensationally drops action against Elon Musk's X

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The decision to withdraw follows a dispute over global content removal authority after the Sydney church stabbing terror attack.

Australia's eSafety Commissioner has withdrawn legal action against Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, over its refusal to globally remove content related to the Sydney church stabbing.

The controversial eSafety office initiated proceedings in the Federal Court after X, formerly known as Twitter, resisted complying with a worldwide order to remove the attack-related content.

Initially, X Corp agreed to geoblock the content, limiting access within Australia, but argued that the government did not have the jurisdiction to enforce a global ban.

Although a court date had been set, eSafety commissioner Julia Inman Grant announced that the legal proceedings would be discontinued. Continue…