Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, involved in a stabbing incident at a church in Western Sydney, has expressed his desire for the video of the attack to remain accessible online, as part of his affidavit in the legal battle between X and the Australian online safety regulator. The controversy, criticized by Elon Musk, has seen the Albanese government and AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw push for global censorship of the video. Musk has also stated that an Australian senator should be jailed and criticized the country's gun laws, raising significant concerns about free speech and national regulatory powers over global internet content.
Elon Musk's social media platform X defended publishing posts showing a bishop in Australia being stabbed during a sermon as ‘part of public discussion,’ rejecting a regulator's order to take down the content on grounds it is offensive and violent https://t.co/P2nWxGFd3T
Musk’s X says posts of Australia bishop stabbing don’t promote violence https://t.co/HOVsMHvL41
What started with a takedown order has resulted in a war of words between billionaire Elon Musk and Australian politicians. This is the feud, explained. https://t.co/DEWs3jhrRn
⚠️ MUSK'S X SAYS POSTS OF AUSTRALIA BISHOP STABBING DON'T PROMOTE VIOLENCE Full Story → https://t.co/hD28jPhMEJ https://t.co/xeRLC0AT0u
Social media platform X has hit back at the Australian government’s push for videos of the alleged Wakeley stabbing to be removed from the site. https://t.co/tVmlM9x2r7
🇺🇸🇦🇺 EX-WHITE HOUSE CHIEF: AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT ISN'T GOING TO WIN AGAINST ELON Speaking on the demands the Australian government made of X to remove controversial material, Mick Mulvaney: "I've interacted with Mr. Musk half a dozen times, the man is different. They say true… https://t.co/Ylbjur48ty
X pushes back at order to hide Sydney church stabbing footage as US user reposts video https://t.co/qfN0nJxFA9
🧵 Australian government hijacks knife attacks to push for misinformation laws After two violent stabbings in Sydney, senior politicians are promising to ramp up social media censorship to protect Australians from misinfo and violent content online... https://t.co/s5rAofXL9J
Anthony Albanese and Elon Musk are at war over censorship. It seems the PM is feeling insecure. In his latest argument, he says Twitter should remove memes using his image. Meanwhile, Peter Dutton has backflipped on his position. 🎧https://t.co/0kTxplo2c7🎧
❗️Senator Pauline Hanson takes aim at Prime Minister Albanese and his WEF lap dog Commissioner for Censorship "ekaren". 🎙Subscribe @AussieCossack https://t.co/40hePpRzUA
Social media platform X has refused to remove the video showing the moment Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was allegedly stabbed by a teenager. #9News https://t.co/VqtAPlaDPA
The Australian government is pressuring X to take down a video of the recent church stabbing in Sydney. But here’s the thing: they want the video taken down in every country. This is nuts. It’s a tyrannical act of global censorship, says Brendan O’Neill https://t.co/eMERzi8Q6v
eSafety Commissioner | Pauline Hanson's Please Explain Everything you need to know about Australia's eSafety Commissioner and the clowns who gave her the power to control what you see online. Support: https://t.co/AxL3IETsKw https://t.co/MsIH2QXhDf
X removes video of a bishop being stabbed in Australia, but pushes back on requests to block it globally, with Musk arguing it's tantamount to letting Australia control the entire internet. https://t.co/WiGX6bxw87
Elon Musk Claps Back at Australia’s Censorship Regime in Epic Fashion Elon Musk often says, “Moderation is a propaganda word for censorship.” He’s right. But such statements are enraging world tyrants, including Australia’s PM Anthony Albanese. Albanese had a meltdown after… https://t.co/AO1wehZN2b
🚨new news about Musk/OpenAI from me and @swillmer🚨 Elon Musk has stepped up his court fight with OpenAI by demanding documents from ex board member Helen Toner, who was a key player in the short-lived ousting of Sam Altman last year. https://t.co/EXAw2BJ20X… via @technology
new news about Musk/OpenAI from me and @swillmer: Elon Musk has stepped up his court fight with OpenAI by demanding documents from an ex-board member who was a key player in the short-lived ousting of Sam Altman last year. https://t.co/XL70ADxBgM via @technology
Bishop Backs Musk: Stabbing Victim Stands Against Censorship in Australia https://t.co/0pszAqQ2QZ
🚨🇦🇺BISHOP MARI EMMANUEL: DO NOT USE MY ATTACK TO CONTROL FREE SPEECH "This is Bishop Mari Emanuel. I just would like to say a few words in reference to the eSafety Commissioner and X Corp matter. I do acknowledge the Australian Government's desire to have the videos removed… https://t.co/zsRgaCTmBo
Bishop stabbed by Islamic terrorist speaks out against Australia's global censorship demands https://t.co/PMc5H2BRQh https://t.co/yi4yWkaFsV
Elon Musk is fighting with Australia because courts are considering banning X over the social media platform’s refusal to police what appears on it. On @TheNewsAgents, @maitlis, @jonsopel and @lewis_goodall explain the Elon-Aussie beef. https://t.co/lY0GMIpWl5
Bishop stabbed by Muslim teen says video of attack on him should not be censored - https://t.co/y2Gls3wEjQ
🔥Musk fights to stop censorship What's happening Down Under? Digital rights expert and #TwitterFiles journalist Andrew Lowenthal @NAffects, weighs in on the debate about whether graphic or violent content should remain online. https://t.co/sbXxubHsC7 @DrJBhattacharya… https://t.co/MSovugK3Pi
Australia's push to get X to remove videos of the stabbing of a bishop offers a glimpse into how Elon Musk's platform handles government requests to take down sensitive content https://t.co/a5wb1RbgAS
Australia: Court orders X to block footage of Muslim teen stabbing bishop - https://t.co/anMyYy7d0j
The Albanese government and the eSafety commissioner should be condemned for using an alleged terrorist attack to limit what content Australians can access. Illiberal and outrageously political demands from the eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant – a Leftist activist…
Bishop stabbed during Sydney church service backs X's legal case to share video of the attack https://t.co/AxCyYPF3iv
🇦🇺 Australia’s crackdown on X is explained in their behavior. Example: Australian Police knocking a Women over then pepper spraying her on the floor. They want to ban such videos, so they can carry on. https://t.co/Mt9IfYE6KB
Elon is also fighting with Australia over speech issues https://t.co/Kfnc4YHzIu
🇦🇺 AUSTRALIAN PM WAS ONCE IN FAVOR OF FREE SPEECH As Anthony Albanese is trying to force Elon to censor content globally, a post from 2019 has resurfaced where he claimed it was essential to protect press freedom. “We won’t be silent. Neither will Australians. We need to… https://t.co/FM1UAEtnos
‘Don’t meme me bro…’ ~ Anthony Albanese @AlboMP https://t.co/acHnvhc4MT
Peter Dutton backs Elon Musk and contradicts Sussan Ley on ‘silly’ demand for global removal of stabbing footage https://t.co/xbZtaSHEpd
Party lines have divided over the eSafety Commissioner’s bid to have footage from the Wakeley church stabbing removed from social media platform X worldwide. https://t.co/vSGZphq2Dx
Australia's socialist Prime Minster @AlboIsPM is in a battle with @X & its CEO @elonmusk over censorship. He objects to memes. Albanese proves Hitler was a socialist. https://t.co/lSITS4niPG
Australia's top-ranking intelligence official and police officer have accused social media companies of fuelling misinformation and extremism https://t.co/PtkGX9RFx8 https://t.co/neC5MfBCCR
What's behind the fight between Elon Musk's X and Australia's eSafety commissioner? – video https://t.co/9tGDnQrC6l
Amidst Australia's recent efforts to force X to remove content globally (and demonize @elonmusk), IPAC co-chair, AU opposition Senator James Paterson is now calling for AU to follow the US and similarly "ban" TikTok. https://t.co/Oww4swT528
I was on Sky News this morning, discussing the crucial matter of internet censorship and my court battle with the ego-driven billionaire Elon Musk. https://t.co/FqwNiniyGJ
I wonder if the Australian intention to force X to remove content globally (the Church stabbing) not just from access in AU may force just such a predicament. Ironically enough. https://t.co/46jTaL0KOV
Stabbed bishop takes swipe at those using attack ‘to serve political purposes’ https://t.co/X8bYwlF5RL
The Sydney bishop who was stabbed in an alleged terror attack has taken a swipe at those who he says are using his assault to serve their political purposes. https://t.co/aQCw8NDQBj
The bishop who was allegedly stabbed multiple times by a teenage boy during a livestreamed sermon has opened up on why he believes the video of the attack should be kept online. https://t.co/tp3VraWtnH
Put down some thoughts on Australia's disengenous battle with Elon Musk. If the prime minister and his frontbench - addicted to Twitter - want to keep it going the first thing they should do is delete their accounts. Tomorrow's column: https://t.co/f1yiI1SXgi
The bishop at the centre of an alleged terror stabbing has argued that the video should remain online because he doesn’t want the attack to be used to undercut free speech. @australian https://t.co/vxCnLa4JZj
Australian officials ordered X, formerly known as Twitter and now owned by Elon Musk, to censor footage of a minister as he was attacked by an apparent Islamic extremist. READ: https://t.co/iOvyYKRr7G https://t.co/OeGrQ5k0XK
The Prime Minister of Australia wants to censor memes of himself on social media. Sounds like something straight out of North Korea... https://t.co/vNM26lpQzb
BREAKING⚠️ Bishop stabbed in church attack supports Elon Musk bid to keep video online and against Australia's e-censorship commission. https://t.co/L8qYqHJwxM
“The idea that someone would go to court for the right to put up violent content on a platform shows how out of touch Mr. Musk is,” Mr. Albanese told Sky News Tuesday. https://t.co/ZBTFNFruBH
Bishop Mar Mari stands for free speech and X, against the demands made by Australia’s censorship commissar. “I would be of great concern if people use the attack on me to serve their own political interests to control free speech.” https://t.co/3rewDplhi3
This is why Bishop Mar Mari is so loved. The priest says the video of his attack should stay up on X because that’s the freedom of religion and speech our brave Anzacs fought for, declaring himself a ‘proud Aussie’. Praying for Israel and Palestine was a nice touch after so… https://t.co/ZZvnuzULNf
*** NEW COMMENTS *** Anthony Albanese has been left red faced. Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel has sided with Elon Musk. Listen to the Bishop speak HERE. 🎧https://t.co/aAATQMe7vY🎧 https://t.co/ZmudOlbtbk
Why does the Australian Prime Minister look exactly like the Nazi with the melting face in Indiana Jones? He is issuing a World Wide Ban on Memes Mocking him! https://t.co/4zZd6zbViv https://t.co/6VdJLhdcGb
The platform's owner also took shots at Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, asking, “Does the PM think he should have jurisdiction over all the Earth?” https://t.co/ZBTFNFruBH
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner is a key player of the global censorship push. A backgrounder on Julie Inman Grant with @dystopian_DU @shellenberger @elonmusk #eKaren https://t.co/sqhUmNPkTr
“If ANY country is allowed to censor content for ALL countries, which is what the Australian ‘eSafety Commissar’ is demanding, then what is to stop any country from controlling the entire Internet?” Mr. Musk wrote of the decision. https://t.co/ZBTFNFruBH
#ElonMusk said an Australian senator should be jailed and suggested the country's gun laws were meant to stop resistance against its "fascist government", escalating his battle over a court order to remove video posts of a bishop being stabbed. https://t.co/UsUJCUni20
Australia is going full STASI as the video of the attack by a Lebanese-Palestinian on Assyrian Bishop Bishop Mar Mari Emanuel has been censored. The Bishop has thrown his support behind @X's CEO @elonmusk, slamming censorship. The X app has become the most downloaded for news… https://t.co/OeseBmSu3R
.@ElonMusk is in a battle against the Australian government to stop the World Economic Forum from silencing citizens and independent journalists worldwide. Here’s everything you need to know: 🧵
X said it was happy to block the content in Australia but said it was an overreach for the court to order the takedown of the content across the platform. https://t.co/ZBTFNFs2rf
Australian Senator Jacqui Lambie said that Elon Musk's decision to keep violent footage of an Assyrian bishop's stabbing on X might encourage people to join terrorist groups. An Australian court upheld a regulator order for Musk to take down the posts https://t.co/Ci2z9nrwdp https://t.co/1qu5qP4WBV
Australian PM wants to ban memes depicting him Fake images are misinformation, Anthony Albanese claims https://t.co/3FJxQIHbnx https://t.co/V8DtlgmC1p
This is the video of a Muslim stabbing a Christian priest that the government of Australia is trying to force @elonmusk to ban. Why is it that so many whites on the left seem obsessed with covering up the violence of the Islamists? What's in it for them? https://t.co/B2cQf0Cp3M
Australian PM Albanese Is at War With Free Speech, Picks a Fight With X’s Elon Musk – Now Wants MEMES About Him Struck From Internet via @gatewaypundit https://t.co/h6AUSS5UEw
According to the Prime Minister of Australia, if you photoshop his face onto (for example) Big Chungus, that's misinformation and must be immediately removed from the internet. https://t.co/WiXI8WbOEC
Australian Prime Minister Brags of Banning Memes Mocking Him The ruling class finally understands the power of meme warfare. https://t.co/zOoa4qFlje
The #AssyrianChristianBishop who was attacked during a live-streamed sermon has said he does not want footage of the incident removed from the internet. https://t.co/iVjLhkx9Fk
Australian Prime Minister Albanese calls for a ban on memes that mock him on social media. In response to his request, we're launching a meme thread! Share your memes in the comments below.👇 🤣 https://t.co/iR4wzq0hic
I expect everyone is going to be sensitive to Prime Minister Albanese and stop making memes that mock him immediately! You’re all gonna stop doing that and stop making fun of how fragile and tyrannical @AlboMP is, right? Anthony’s about to learn about the Streisand effect. 😂😂 https://t.co/7EGo1WO4EK
Elon Musk Is Trying to Break Another Democracy | The New Republic https://t.co/hHNYD5cxSC
Australian Senator says @ElonMusk "should be in jail" and he "should not have a right" to "create hatred" on his own platform. Censorship does not "stop hatred." It privileges elites to spread lies by suppressing free expression and leads to mass unrest. https://t.co/6ELT9q2eqG
The Prime Minster of Australia is getting memes of him removed from the internet https://t.co/DixDYsFvOm
LIVE NOW: Elon Musk has weaponized the word “censorship” on X in much the same way Trump did for “fake news.” But he’s got other companies to worry about. Are his culture wars paying off? 🎥 @DaveLeeBBG joins @parmy and @liamdenning to discuss https://t.co/Jv6xDsSuXT
NEW: Australia’s top spy urges big tech to unravel encrypted chats https://t.co/8UVEqZUlsR
Australian politician Jacqui Lambie deleted her X account to protest Elon Musk https://t.co/gwpwK6kHxf
Australia Targets Elon Musk, Politician Says He Should Be Jailed For Fighting Gov't Restriction on Speech https://t.co/lUJTFmVI3u
The prime minister of Australia is calling for extreme regulation of the internet because Aussies are posting memes of him. https://t.co/ZqCmocphnz
Surely there is only one way the internet can possibly respond to a politician (a Prime Minister, no less!) complaining that “the sort of thing that is going on on social media” is “images of myself superimposed on other people”? #memewars https://t.co/iIf4EjeGy1
🇦🇺 Australia has now BANNED this video of this s**t trying to stab a Christian priest https://t.co/6Yk2lN4gvO
🚨ELON MUSK FIRES AT JAQUIE LAMBIE! Jaquie Lambie shut down her X account yesterday and said "When you want to lead by example, it has to happen from here, so start switching off X". Elon Musk said Senator Lambie was branded the enemy of the people and also that she has utter… https://t.co/PIhd5OYIFx
Portraying himself as politically agnostic, and interested only in defending free speech, Musk is in fact taking the side of authoritarian, anti-democratic forces whose claims about government-sponsored censorship are a disingenuous rhetorical cover for attacking the rule of law. https://t.co/NEzlrX01xL
#ElonMusk targets Australian senator, gun laws in deepening dispute over X stabbing content https://t.co/xYrVL7L5yX
🇦🇺AUSTRALIAN PM ALBANESE CLAIMS MEMES ARE MISINFORMATION "Social media platforms have a responsibility to make sure that misinformation isn't got out there. I noticed today, for example, on the way up here. They've removed various sites that were up containing fake images of… https://t.co/gHbz2Xdrw0
Elon Musk has weaponized the word “censorship” on X in much the same way Trump did for “fake news.” But he’s got other companies to worry about. Are his culture wars paying off? @DaveLeeBBG joins @parmy and @liamdenning live to discuss: 10am ET ⬇️ https://t.co/tU3pGlADcy
❗️Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is trying to censor all memes on social media against him! 🇦🇺You know what to do guys! FWD and share! 🎙Subscribe @AussieCossack https://t.co/hfqFIMGFnH
Aussie PM Anthony Albanese says social media platforms should take down memes of him, as they are in essence: disinformation Ever heard of the Barbara Streisand effect? It’s so embarrassing to be an Australian at times with these weak and stupid political leaders that most… https://t.co/snN4Qx6qlF
CENSORSHIP: Australia is now demanding that X remove memes ridiculing its PM Anthony Albanese. The policy mirrors similar rules in China banning memes about President Xi. https://t.co/Bo3oFnTDP2
Elon Musk Is Trying to Break Another Democracy https://t.co/1nzz5tTUCu
Bishop will argue video of his Sydney church stabbing should not be removed from Elon Musk’s X, court hears https://t.co/DTQzz7CCav
🚨🇦🇺BREAKING: AUSTRALIAN COURT IGNORES BISHOP'S PLEA TO KEEP FOOTAGE OF STABBING ONLINE During a recent hearing into X's challenge of Australia's order to remove all footage of the attack globally, it was revealed that Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel wants it to remain online.… https://t.co/U0VsuxBtFw
‘Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel has provided an affidavit calling for the vision from his alleged church stabbing to remain online on X, in key material for the social media platform to fight its case against the Australian online safety regulator.’ https://t.co/mkQFNutKbM
Elon Musk said an Australian senator should be jailed and suggested the country's gun laws were meant to stop resistance against its 'fascist government', escalating his battle over a court order to remove video posts of a bishop being stabbed https://t.co/Ci2z9ns42X https://t.co/V8vz4hgoLD
I support Elon Musk. He is right. Labor, Liberal, Greens, Teal & Lambie have all lost their minds. They have turned Australia into an international joke. Australia’s eSafety Commissar has no standing to control the entire global internet. Talk about delusions of grandeur. No… https://t.co/NVmFogNf7Q
AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw has injected himself in the feud between Elon Musk and Australia's eSafety Commissioner, insisting freedom of speech does not have "anything" to do with footage of terror attacks. https://t.co/rPxF6Wyt6u
Australia's federal intelligence and law enforcement chiefs have issued a stark warning about the risk of AI harming Australians, as they demanded tech and social media companies do more to prevent platforms becoming a "safe room for terrorists." https://t.co/NgVJDk87ND
Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel has provided an affidavit calling for the vision from his alleged church stabbing to remain online on X, in key material for the social media platform to fight its case against the Australian online safety regulator. https://t.co/8SldrSrs90
The bishop attacked in the western Sydney church stabbing supports Elon Musk's stance, advocating for the video of the incident to stay online. MORE: https://t.co/RV2QJVgV0e https://t.co/9O7QzhdFoc
Musk targets Australian senator, gun laws in deepening dispute over X stabbing content https://t.co/HMwrHbKJB5
❗️PLOT TWIST: The Bishop who was stabbed in the Western Sydney church attack wants the video of the stabbing to remain online. 😂How is Prime Minister Albanese and his lapdog Commissioner "ekaren" going to swallow this development? 🎙Subscribe @AussieCossack https://t.co/2LDAR5BQJ8
Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, the victim of the alleged terror attack, has no objection to the footage being available on X. We all know why the Albanese govt is cynically using this incident to whip up hysteria & push more censorship. https://t.co/HxshG9x8JT