hanrahan , 7 hours ago

The Australian Government issued a bunch of take down notices to Twitter and Musk said no

www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/…/103752600

Musk decided to block them in Australian only which didn’t satisfy the Australian Government

He took them to court and the court sided with Twitter, (x)

variety.com/…/australian-court-elon-musk-x-freedo…

The complexity and contradictions were illustrated by Tim Begbie, the lawyer representing the eSafety Commissioner in court. He said that in other cases X had chosen of its own accord to remove content, but that it resisted the order from the Australian government.

“X says […] global removal is reasonable when X does it because X wants to do it, but it becomes unreasonable when it is told to do it by the laws of Australia,” Begbie told the court.