Australia Drops Its Case Against Elon Musk’s X Over Church Stabbing Videos

Australia’s cyber safety regulator on Wednesday chose to abandon its legal battle with Elon Musk’s X over graphic footage of a church stabbing attack on the platform.

The violent incident in Sydney in April was captured on a church livestream and footage of the assault quickly spread online, prompting Australia’s eSafety commissioner to order several social media companies to remove the videos or face fines. X eventually blocked users in Australia from being able to see the posts, but the commissioner had sought a federal court injunction for the posts to be completely scrubbed from the site.

That effort hit a setback last month when the federal court refused to extend a temporary order to block the posts ahead of an expected hearing later in June. Now Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has confirmed the court battle is at an end.

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