Lawyer for Elon Musk’s company tells federal court notice from watchdog was ‘manifestly inadequate’
Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, is challenging an order from Australia’s e-Safety commissioner to remove posts showing video of a stabbing at a Sydney church.Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, is challenging an order from Australia’s e-Safety commissioner to remove posts showing video of a stabbing at a Sydney church.
The barrister representing X, Bret Walker SC, told the court on Friday that X did not believe the notice was valid and was “manifestly inadequate” in lacking detail in the description of the consideration made by the eSafety officer who decided to order the removal of the material, and deemed it to be “class 1” under Australian classification law.
Begbie argued the case at hand was focused on the enforcement of the Online Safety Act and protecting Australians from harm, not freedom of speech. Walker said X had taken all reasonable steps to prevent Australians accessing the tweets, though it had still been accessible via virtual private network connections for the small subset of people who choose that method of access.
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