Australia vs Musk
There is a legal fight between Elon Musk and the Australian Government over footage of the stabbing of an Australian Assyrian Bishop by a radicalised young Muslim. The Government has demanded that it be removed from all social media platforms, including Twitter.
At first glance one might think that this is comparable to the footage of the Christchurch mosque attacks. Very few people would argue that the footage of that attack shouldn’t be freely available on the Internet.
But there are some key differences.
- The video wasn’t filmed by the attacker, as a way to glorify or boast of what he was doing. It was captured on the church’s livestream.
- The victim in this case, Bishop Emmanuel has called for it to be available
- The Australian Government isn’t just demanding it be removed in Australia, but globally
So in this case, I think the Australian Government is in the wrong.