Australia

Tom Olohan | June 6, 2024

Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant conceded defeat in a weeks-long effort to force X (formerly Twitter) to censor content she didn’t approve of across the globe. 

On June 5, Grant dropped her Federal Court complaint…

Christian Baldwin | May 13, 2024

An Australian federal judge has swooped in to defend free speech by siding with Elon Musk in the tech billionaire’s latest spat with Australia’s Ministry of Truth.

On May 13, Federal Court Justice Geoffrey Kennett blocked the…

Christian Baldwin | April 23, 2024

Elon Musk has been targeted by yet another authoritarian government for his company X’s reluctance to censor political content. 

In an April 23 interview with Sky News, Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie appeared to threaten…

Christian Baldwin | February 16, 2024

Australia’s Communications Minister threatened that X (formerly Twitter) will be in “big trouble” if it does not comply with the country’s proposed new censorship laws.

The Australian Financial Review reported February 12 that…

Catherine Salgado | May 24, 2022

Australian eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant called for a “recalibration” of “freedom of speech” online during the World Economic Forum conference in Davos, Switzerland on Monday. BusinessWorld contributing editor Pranjal Sharma also claimed…

Alec Schemmel | February 24, 2021

Facebook has come to an agreement with the Australian government in order to bring back Australian news to its platform.

In retaliation to a proposed law in Australia that would require tech giants like Facebook and Google to pay for news…

Kayla Sargent | February 18, 2021

A proposed law from the Land Down Under did not go over well with Facebook.

Facebook has decided to block all news in and from Australian users in response to a proposed law that would require the platform to pay news publishers for…

Joseph Vazquez | May 15, 2020

Sky News Australia definitely didn’t pull any punches in its criticisms of CNN’s nutty idea to put Greta Thunberg alongside health experts on a "coronavirus town hall" last night.

Sky News Australia’s The…

Alexander Hall | June 25, 2019

When the U.S.-based crowdfunding website GoFundMe booted Australian athlete Israel Folau, critics had no idea it would be the best thing they could do for him. 

Folau is a popular national figure both as an athlete and an outspoken…