Australia Orders Global Takedown of X Content — Courts Push Back

eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant issued orders requiring X (Twitter) to remove footage of the Wakeley church stabbing globally — not just for Australian users. X complied with geoblocking within Australia but contested the global scope. The Federal Court initially granted an injunction; on appeal, the Full Federal Court overturned the global injunction, ruling Australian law does not have extraterritorial application over a US company's global content decisions. The case raised worldwide alarm about a single national regulator claiming global censorship jurisdiction.

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