Anthony Albanese slams ‘arrogant billionaire’ Elon Musk over Sydney terrorist attack censorship row

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Australian PM Anthony Albanese has called Elon Musk an “arrogant billionaire” in a war of words over censorship after a court ordered to remove footage of a Sydney church stabbing from social media platform X.

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00:00Well this guy is showing his arrogance, he's a billionaire over there in the United States

00:06who thinks he's above Australian law.

00:08I think that Australians will shake their head when they think that this billionaire

00:14is prepared to go to court fighting for the right to sow division and to show violent

00:22videos which are very distressing.

00:25He is in social media but he has a social responsibility in order to have that social

00:33licence and what has occurred here is that the East Safety Commissioner has made very

00:39sensible suggestions.

00:42Other social media companies have complied without complaint but this bloke thinks he's

00:49above the Australian law, that he's above common decency and I tell you what, I say

00:57to Elon Musk that he is so out of touch with what the Australian public want.

01:05This has been a distressing time and I find this bloke on the other side of the world

01:12from his billionaire's establishments trying to lecture Australians about free speech.

01:21Well I won't cop it and the Australians won't either.

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