Australian PM calls X's fight against removal of church stabbing posts 'extraordinary'

Record ID: 1818717

  • Title: Australian PM calls X's fight against removal of church stabbing posts 'extraordinary'
  • Date: 22nd April 2024
  • Summary: MANGALORE, KARNATAKA, INDIA (APRIL 21, 2024) (ANI- No use India) VARIOUS OF ILLUMINATED TEMPLE OF HINDU GODDESS DURGA IDOL OF GODDESS ATOP TEMPLE PEOPLE OUTSIDE ILLUMINATED TEMPLE PAINTINGS OF HINDU GODS AND GODDESSES ATOP TEMPLE IDOL OF GODDESS DURGA VARIOUS OF PRIEST DANCING CARRYING IDOL OF DEITY ON HIS HEAD AS DEVOTEES STAND AROUND HIM DEVOTEES PARTICIPATING IN HINDU F
  • Embargoed: 6th May 2024 05:51
  • Keywords: Australia Elon Musk Sydney X attack bishop church crime social media stabbing
  • Location: BEIJING, CHINA / MACKAY, CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA / SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
  • City: BEIJING, CHINA / MACKAY, CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA / SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
  • Country: Australia
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Crime/Law/Justice
  • Reuters ID: LVA003682722042024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described as "extraordinary" on Monday (April 22) a decision by social media platform X to challenge in court a regulator's order that some posts about a bishop's stabbing in Sydney be removed.
    Albanese criticised the broadcasting of violent images and said some social media content had exacerbated the pain of many people.
    "I find it extraordinary that X chose not to comply and are trying to argue their case," Albanese told a news conference, adding that X's response to the order by a government panel, known as the e-Safety Commissioner, contrasted with that of other social media providers.
    Police have charged a 16-year-old with a terrorism offence in the attack last Monday on an Assyrian church bishop, Mar Mari Emmanuel.
    Videos online showed the attacker, restrained by the congregation, shouting at the bishop for insulting Islam.
    (Production: Stefica Nicol Bikes)
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