You know that Simpsons meme where the two chimps are fighting while a crowd looks on? We are the crowd watching Elon Musk and the eSafety Commissioner fight about the removal of a Sydney stabbing video. eSafety wants the video removed entirely or they'll fine X $785,000 a day, whereas X/Musk reckon blocking it from view in Australia is enough, with Musk saying "the Australian censorship commissar is demanding *global* content bans!". The Online Safety Act gives the eSafety Commissioner the power to force ISPs to block the platform hosting material it considers unsafe for Aussie kids and the comms minister said they are "united with eSafety in our very clear expectation that social media companies remove this content immediately" - so, X blocked in Australia soon???
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