eSafety Commissioner drops court action against X over stabbing footage
The eSafety Commissioner has dropped legal action seeking to force Elon Musk's X-Corp to remove footage of a graphic stabbing at a Sydney church from its platform. eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman-Grant says the decision is a 'strategic' one, and suggested Mr Musk's behaviour led to death threats being directed towards her.
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00:00 I did have a phalanx of lawyers and probably the most expensive casee in Australia.
00:09 So of course I have to use prudent use of public funds.
00:14 I'm also going to court with ExCorp in five other cases.
00:19 So I made a strategic decision to withdraw here.
00:23 The real questions that I want tested through an independence merits review will be done
00:28 at the AAT.
00:30 And it didn't make sense for me to be fighting a battle on two fronts when, let's face it,
00:35 the war is going to be much longer and more extended.
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