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Elon Musk is at war with Australia, particularly Australia’s online safety regulator, over videos that circulated on his platform after an alleged stabbing at a church in Sydney last week. After the eSafety commissioner asked all social media platforms to remove the video of the stabbing from their platforms, X made the videos unavailable to view in Australia, but they are still available to view outside of Australia. Now, X and the eSafety commissioner are fighting in court, while X’s owner, Elon Musk, continues to fight online. Guardian Australia’s Josh Taylor explains what’s going on behind the tweets