https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/13/wakeley-sydney-church...13th May 2024.
Court ends injunction on X over videos of Sydney church stabbing
Federal court refuses to extend ban on 65 posts on Elon Musk’s platform
showing last months’s attack on bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel
The federal court has refused to extend an injunction against Elon Musk’s platform X over 65 tweets containing video of a stabbing attack at a Sydney church, , before a final hearing in the case.
Last month, X was ordered to hide the posts of the stabbing attack on bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel while he was giving a livestreamed service at the Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd church in the Sydney suburb of Wakeley.
The eSafety commissioner sought a federal court injunction after X only made the tweets unavailable to Australian users and vowed to challenge the notice. The injunction was due to expire on Monday unless the court extended the order ahead of a final hearing, which is expected in mid-June.
Justice Geoffrey Kennett on Monday refused the application to extend the injunction. Kennett’s reasons were expected to be released later on Monday.
At a hearing on Friday, Kennett heard from X’s barrister, Bret Walker SC, that the wording of the order to hide the tweets was not something the company could technically comply with. At the time, Kennett said he was “troubled” by that information.
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