SYDNEY - Australia’s online watchdog told a court on May 10 that it was seeking the worldwide removal of X posts that show a Sydney stabbing, a test of the social media platform’s legal responsibilities and the role of geoblocking.
Lawyers for the eSafety Commission told the Federal Court that X had not taken all reasonable steps to remove video and audio of the attack from its platform. Tim Begbie, representing the commission, said that despite X geoblocking the video to Australian users, it could still be viewed using virtual private networks that mask a user’s location.Begbie said VPNs were used by a quarter of Australians, including the commission’s staff, who had used the software to access the video.
“ did it while logged into an adult account, while logged into a child account and did it while not logged into X at all,” he said.Rather, he said, the case was about if the graphic material was suitable under Australia’s Online Safety Act, and the law’s powers to “protect the public” from illegal or restricted content.The bishop, who has since recovered, has supported the video’s distribution.
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