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Podcast: The Front Page
Episode: What Elon Musk's censorship fight with Australia means for the internet and free speech
Description: The Australian government has found themselves in a battle with billionaire Elon Musk and his legions of supporters.  Australia’s eSafety commissioner last week ordered Musk’s social media platform X – formerly known as Twitter – to remove images of the alleged stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, which was captured on a live stream earlier this month. X only blocked the images to Australian users, prompting a further legal challenge that was upheld temporarily by an Australian federal court. Parallels with this case can be drawn with New Zealand’s own efforts to remove video...