eSafety has realised their argument that X geoblocking Australians from seeing the video doesn't go far enough because Australians can use a VPN to see that video, is effectively asking a company to censor content globally based on the laws of a single country, is extremely dumb and would be torn apart by any competent judge, because they've abandoned their legal action against X. So there you go big tech companies - if eSafety threatens you, just ignore them and fight it in court. eSafety will fold the moment its bullshit might get scrutinised in a court room. I'm kinda disappointed about this as it means we won't see the Online Safety Act tested in court. You can read the eSafety Commissioner's full statement here and have a watch of this 12 min interview with the commissioner Julie Inman-Grant. She doesn't give interviews very often (loves a press conference though) so it's disturbing/enlightening to hear her point of view around these issues.
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