Elon Musk has responded to Anthony Albanese as the two continue to argue over the Australian government’s attempt to force the American tech billionaire to remove graphic content from his X social media platform.
The Federal Court ordered Western Sydney. on April 15.
The company said it had temporarily complied with the order in Australia while it fights it in court, but argued that a global takedown order violates the principle of free speech, a point that has been stressed by billionaire Musk.
Failure to comply with the court’s decision to eliminate positions could result in X being fined nearly $800,000 a day and the executives being charged with contempt of court.
On Tuesday, Musk shared a post claiming Albanese had given free publicity to
“I would like to take a moment to thank the Prime Minister for informing the public that this platform is the only truthful one,” Musk said.
Elon Musk thanked Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for inadvertently promoting X as a haven for free speech by trying to force the platform to remove violent videos.
Musk has been openly mocking Anthony Albanese on his X social media platform.
“Our concern is that if ANY country is allowed to censor content for ALL countries, which is what the Australian ‘eSafety Commissioner’ requires, then what is to stop any country from controlling the entire Internet?” Musk said.
‘We have already censored the content in question for Australia, pending legal appeal, and it is stored solely on servers in the United States.
‘Should Australia’s Electronic Security Commissioner (an unelected official) have authority over every country on Earth?’
Albanese called Musk “arrogant” for defying the demands of eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, a former Twitter employee, who he claimed were only enforcing “common decency.”
‘He [Mr Musk] “This is someone who is totally out of touch with the values that Australian families have,” Mr Albanese said.
“He is putting his ego and his money into pursuing a court case for the right to post more violent content that will cause distress to people on his platform.”
‘Other social media operators have accepted the eSafety Commissioner’s decision.
“Surely social media needs to have some element of social responsibility,” Mr Albanese said of eSafety’s actions. “This is essentially a common sense position on the part of the eSafety commissioner.”
‘What the eSafety Commissioner is doing is protecting the interests of Australians.
“The idea of someone going to court for the right to post violent content on a platform shows how out of touch Mr. Musk is.”
‘Social networks must have social responsibility. Mr. Musk shows none.
Asked whether stronger powers could be given to the commissioner or whether access to X in Australia should be cut off, the prime minister said the government was looking at what action could be taken.
“No one wants censorship here; what we want, however, is the application of a little common sense in not showing or propagating violence online,” said Mr Albanese.
The opposition has backed stricter laws to crack down on graphic content shared online.
While the eSafety Commissioner already had the power to essentially block the social media site in Australia by causing telcos to deny access, it had yet to show any sign of going down that route, Dr Nicholls said.
Such a block would be unprecedented after telecommunications companies proactively shut down access to sites that spread videos of the 2019 Christchurch massacre.
While he supported free speech, Musk was “completely wrong” in his stance on terrorist content, Liberal leader Simon Birmingham said, while independent senator Jacqui Lambie went further and called him “a social media boss.” .
“He is harmful – what he is doing to children and what he is doing to adults and the rubbish he says about X… has gone too far,” she said.