In successful challenge, X argued the video wasn’t excessively offensive and was an objective record of a ‘public event of historical and political significance’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Australian classification review board has overturned a decision to block Australians seeing footage of the shooting of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk on social media after Elon Musk’s X appealed against the ruling sought by the eSafety commissioner. After Kirk’s death at Utah Valley University on 10 September, the eSafety commissioner applied to the board to have video of the shooting classified in Australia. The video was ruled to be “refused classification”, which allowed eSafety to serve notices on social media platforms ordering them to geo-block the posts from view for Australia-based users. Continue reading...
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WED · 2025-12-17 · 03:33 GMTBRIEF NSR-2025-1217-3009
NSR-2025-1217-3009News Report·EN·Legal & Judicial
Elon Musk’s X wins appeal to lift block on Australians seeing Charlie Kirk shooting footage
Elon Musk's social media platform X successfully appealed a decision to block Australians from viewing footage of the shooting of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. The Australian eSafety commissioner had sought to classify the video, taken at Utah Valley University on September 10th, as "refused classification" following Kirk's death.
Josh Taylor Technology reporterThe Guardian - World NewsFiled 2025-12-17 · 03:33 GMTLean · Center-LeftRead · 1 min
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Elon Musk's social media platform X successfully appealed a decision to block Australians from viewing footage of the shooting of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. The Australian eSafety commissioner had sought to classify the video, taken at Utah Valley University on September 10th, as "refused classification" following Kirk's death. This classification would have allowed the commissioner to order social media platforms to geo-block the video for Australian users. X argued that the video was not excessively offensive and served as an objective record of a public event with historical and political significance. The Australian classification review board ultimately overturned the initial decision, lifting the ban on the footage.
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The eSafety commissioner applied to have video of the shooting classified in Australia.
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Charlie Kirk died at Utah Valley University on 10 September.
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The Australian classification review board overturned a decision to block the footage.
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X argued the video was an objective record of a ‘public event of historical and political significance’.
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X won an appeal to lift a block on Australians seeing Charlie Kirk shooting footage.
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