Aussie Senator Accuses Musk Of Encouraging Terrorism

Reuters reports:

An Australian senator said on Wednesday that police feared Elon Musk’s decision to ignore a regulator order and leave footage on his social media platform X of a Sydney bishop being stabbed might encourage people to join terrorist groups.

An Australian court has upheld a regulator order for the billionaire to take down posts containing footage of the April 15 stabbing of the Assyrian bishop during a service.

Senator Jacqui Lambie said that by keeping the violent posts online globally the Australian Federal Police (AFP) had told the federal court Musk’s platform X created a risk that “the video could be used to encourage people in Australia to join a terrorist organisation or undertake a terrorist act”.

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Elon Musk lashed out at Australia’s prime minister after a court ordered his social media company X to take down footage of an alleged terrorist attack in Sydney, and said the ruling meant any country could control ‘the entire internet’ https://t.co/fTStFmYodF pic.twitter.com/0PDIovPmVR

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 23, 2024