Riots in English cities fed by online misinformation about refugees … Policing and prosecution policies … Fast and furious processing of offenders … Online Safety Act grapples with new challenges … Increased policing of speech on tech platforms … Hugh Vuillier reports from London … more
Category: Social Media
eSafety Commissioner v X Corp
Federal Court … eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant withdraws Federal Court proceedings against X Corp … Sought to enforce removal notice of posts featuring knife attack on Assyrian bishop … Will consolidate merits review in AAT … Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports … more
Australian Muslim Advocacy Network Ltd v Twitter Australia Holdings Pty Limited & Anor
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal … Tribunal rules it has jurisdiction to hear religious vilification complaint against X Corp … Conduct has occurred in Queensland that might amount to a breach of the Anti-Discrimination Act … Act has no extraterritorial reach … Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports … more
eSafety Commissioner v X Corp
Federal Court … Electronic Frontier Foundation and Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression granted leave to intervene in proceedings brought by eSafety Commissioner against X Corp … Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports … more