Elon Musk accuses Australia of censorship after court bans violent video
Elon Musk accuses Australia of censorship after court bans violent video
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese responded by describing Musk as an “arrogant billionaire” who considered himself above the law and was out of touch with the public.
Interesting how he can ban stuff on behalf of China, or when it's someone criticizing him, or pointing out where his jet is.
Cutting off Internet access to Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines just before an attack is fine, but removing a violent video from the Internet is just too far for him.
It's as simple as it gets: he's just not a good person. His entire morality is self-serving.
This little douche baby censors anything he can when it’s negative towards him or his companies. He’s a whiny hypocrite who would rather lie than be a decent human being.
Ftr, video of people getting stabbed/dying doesn’t belong on Twitter.
I'm a bit torn, because I think that horrific atrocities should be seen by the public for them to face the reality of the world we live in. The full color combat footage played on the nightly news during the 60's and 70's played a huge role in turning public support against the war. The horrors going in in places like Gaza, Ukraine, Myanmar, Yeman and Sudan shouldn't be hidden from our "sensible" Western eyes when it is daily life for millions across the globe.
Snuff films like 3 Guys, 1 Hammer probably don't belong on Twitter, but I don't know where the line should be drawn. Should footage of JFK's assassination be censored and hidden from public view? What about the attempt on Regan? Or the killing of George Floyd? What about footage of US sponsored drone strikes on civilians?
In Australia this is being seen / reported as suppression violence depiction, not censorship.
Source: I live in Australia
Twitter is a signatory to the Christchurch Call, which agrees to remove any videos supporting terrorism from its platform. This is not something Musk abandoned when he took over. He assured Macron that Twitter would adhere to it in 2022.
https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/1598826591785820162
Interestingly, that does not appear to have been discovered by the local media.
I also checked the Christchurch Call website which clearly shows Xitter as a member of the community that agreed to:
"Take transparent, specific measures seeking to prevent the upload of terrorist and violent extremist content and to prevent its dissemination on social media and similar content-sharing services, including its immediate and permanent removal, without prejudice to law enforcement and user appeals requirements, in a manner consistent with human rights and fundamental freedoms. Cooperative measures to achieve these outcomes may include technology development, the expansion and use of shared databases of hashes and URLs, and effective notice and takedown procedures."
Members: https://www.christchurchcall.com/our-community
Full text: https://www.christchurchcall.com/about/christchurch-call-text
That’s just a type of censorship. That doesn’t make Australia wrong here, but it is censoring based on content.
Not just in Australia, this is being seen this way by everyone with a brain/ empathy.
Australia is acting very American when it claims jurisdiction over the entire internet.
Fun fact: if Xitter wants to do business in Australia they have to follow their laws. This was never a problem until a manchild was in charge
Should Twitter adhere to what they pledged to adhere to? What Musk personally said they would adhere to?
Elons got some crazy brain rot. Even a lot of his SciFi colonize Mars ideas are terribly out of date.