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Big Tech Given 24 Hours to Take Down Footage of Bondi Stabbing Spree

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Big Tech Given 24 Hours to Take Down Footage of Bondi Stabbing Spree
Police enter the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping mall after a stabbing incident in Sydney on April 13, 2024. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images
Rex Widerstrom
Rex Widerstrom
4/16/2024|Updated: 4/16/2024
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Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has given social media platforms 24 hours to remove graphic video and images of the massacre at the Bondi Westfield shopping centre that occurred on Saturday and Monday night’s Sydney church stabbing.

The eSafety commissioner has the power to fine social media companies if they permit the publication of content that she finds objectionable.

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Rex Widerstrom
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Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.
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