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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Australian judge extends ban on graphic church stabbing videos - The Untold Story

The opening page of X is displayed on a computer and phone in Sydney on Oct. 16, 2023. An Australian judge on Friday, May 10, 2024, extended a ban on X Corp. sharing videos of an alleged teenag

An Australian judge has extended a ban on a social media company allowing videos of the stabbing of a Sydney bishop in his church last month. The ban was extended after government lawyers criticized the company's free speech argument for keeping the graphic images circulating.

The attack, which occurred on April 15 during an Assyrian Orthodox service streamed online, led to terrorism-related charges for the alleged teenage attacker and sparked a riot outside the church. Both the bishop and priest were injured but survived.

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