Australian leader criticises X over failure to remove church violence content

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese carries a candle during a candlelight vigil at Sydney’s Bondi Beach (AP)

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has criticised social media platform X for refusing to remove graphic posts about a knife attack on a bishop and a priest in a Sydney church last week.

X, the tech company founded last year by billionaire Elon Musk to succeed Twitter, announced last week it would fight in court Australian orders to take down posts relating to a knife attack on a bishop in an Assyrian Orthodox church as a service was being streamed online.