Australian Prime Minister calls Elon Musk an ‘arrogant billionaire’

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Social Media Platform X the owner of Elon Musk has been described as ‘an arrogant billionaire who considers himself above the law’.

Albanese’s statement came after a video of a violent incident was removed Australia And the tension between social media platforms has increased.

Elon Musk, on the other hand, criticized the Australian prime minister after an Australian court ordered the removal of footage of a violent stabbing incident at a Sydney church, which Musk, who also owns Tesla and SpaceX, had censored. stated.

In the ruling, Australia’s Federal Court ordered X to temporarily remove videos of the week-old incident, which showed a teenager stabbing a priest and other people. The suspect involved in the incident has been charged with terrorism.

Although X said the company had blocked the posts for its Australian users, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner demanded the removal of the videos for all X users, which it said showed explicit violence. is

The Australian Prime Minister said: ‘Social media companies need to be done right. We are prepared to take whatever steps are necessary to bring these companies back on track.’

Elon Musk then posted a meme on the platform showing that the X stood for ‘freedom and truth of expression’ while the others represented ‘censorship and propaganda’.

He wrote alongside the meme: ‘Don’t ask me about this (freedom of expression), just ask the Australian Prime Minister.’

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Elon Musk added, “I want to thank the Australian Prime Minister for letting people know that this platform is real.”

In another post, X’s owner said, “The company is concerned that if any country is allowed to censor all of the world’s content, as the Australian e-Safety Commissioner is demanding, then any country can How to stop controlling the entire internet?’

“We have already censored the content for Australia and a legal appeal is pending,” he said. This content is stored on US servers only.’

However, the eSafety Commissioner argued that the posts were still available outside Australia and could also be viewed by Australian users accessing X via a VPN.

Taking a jibe at Musk, the Australian prime minister responded that Australia would do “what is necessary to fight this arrogant billionaire who thinks he is above the law, but also above common decency.”

“The idea that someone would go to court over the right to promote violent content on a platform shows how screwed up Musk’s mind is,” Prime Minister Albanese told ABC News. .’