Australian court lifts order blocking X on church stabbing video
Sydney, Australia Reuters An Australian court on Monday rejected a bid by the country’s cyber safety regulator to extend a temporary order for Elon Musk-owned X to block videos of the stabbing of an Assyrian church bishop, which authorities had called a terrorist attack. Federal Court judge Geoffrey Kennett said the application to extend the […]
Australia to police internet porn, spend $US600 million on domestic violence victims
Sydney, Australia Reuters Australia will spend almost $A1 billion on payments for those fleeing domestic violence and introduce new measures to police pornography and violence on the internet in response to what the government is calling a “national crisis” of gendered violence. Thousands took to the streets on Saturday to protest violence against women, which […]
Australia says Twitter is top platform for online hate, demands explanation
Sydney, AustraliaReuters An Australian cyber regulator on Thursday said it has demanded Twitter explain its handling of online hate as the microblog has become the country’s most complained-about platform since new owner Elon Musk lifted bans on a reported 62,000 accounts. The demand builds on a campaign by the eSafety Commissioner to make the website […]