An Australian court has ruled in favor of social media platform X, allowing it to keep video footage of an attack on Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel accessible within the country.
The decision overturns an earlier order by the eSafety commissioner that had required X to block Australians from viewing the footage, according to a copy of the ruling and a statement posted by X’s Global Government Affairs account.
Following the attack on April 15 during a livestreamed sermon at Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley, Sydney, several X users posted videos of the incident.
Emmanuel himself believed the public should be allowed to see the footage, making his opinion known at a sermon two weeks after the attack at his church. Despite this, the eSafety commissioner ordered X to restrict access to the video in Australia, even though it remained available on other platforms….