Aus drops court case against X over church stabbing video

A video grab of the knife attack in a church in Sydney. Pic/X

Australia's online safety watchdog said on Wednesday she had dropped her Federal Court case that attempted to force X Corp. to take down a video of a Sydney bishop being stabbed.

But eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said she would continue her legal action in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal against the platform rebranded in 2023 after billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk bought Twitter.

Musk welcomed the decision, posting on X, "Freedom of speech is worth fighting for".

The case before the tribunal, which reviews bureaucrats' administrative decisions, had been brought by X and was running in parallel with the Federal Court case.

Inman Grant, a former Twitter employee, said cost was a factor in her decision to "consolidate" her commission's legal action against X.

Grant also revealed that her legal action against X had led to online attacks against her and her family, including malicious release of personal information online. She blamed Musk for the attacks.

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