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X wins free speech case against Australian regulator's social-media post removal order

By Saloni Sinha ( July 7, 2025, 07:24 GMT | Insight) -- Social-media platform X Corp. has successfully overturned a post removal notice issued by Australia’s online safety regulator, after a tribunal ruled that the content did not meet the legal threshold for cyber-abuse under the country’s online safety laws. In a judgment published recently, Administrative Review Tribunal’s Deputy President Damien O’Donovan said that he was not satisfied that the post was intended to have an effect of causing serious harm. Social-media platform X Corp. has successfully overturned a post removal notice issued by Australia’s online safety regulator, after a tribunal ruled that the content did not meet the legal threshold for cyber-abuse under the country’s online-safety laws....

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