Australia's eSafety Commissioner on Bondi Beach Terror Attack

0:00Australia's e-safety commissioner dropped some heavy info on the Bondi Beach terror attack from December 14th. Two brothers, Navid and Sajid Akram allegedly gunned down 15 people at a Hanukkah festival. Navid survived a shootout with cops, got hit with 59 charges including 15 murders and terrorism. Now, gamified versions of the footage, real events turn it to game-like visuals are popping up online overseas. Bystander videos hit platforms like X, Instagram, Threads and French sites. e-safety got 106 complaints, mostly those raw clips. Early stuff got an MA-15 plus rating down under, but later alter versions got refused classification, making them straight up illegal to share. Here, folks reacted quick with reports spiking after the October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. They logged 102 hate speech cases, nine anti-Semitic, eight Islamophobic and more on religious beef. That fear rippled out, tying into global plots inspired by groups like Islamic State.

1:03e-safety pushback hard, issuing 32 removal notices for manifestos, far-right rants, Islamic state stuff, even Christchurch attack video. They geoblocked some on X for Aussies and referred anti-Semitic comments to cops, but couldn't touch group-targeted hate under current rules. Regulators are eyeing more moves, but the government's holding off on expanding powers, calling it to burdensome amid new digital duty of care laws, coming later this year. Stay sharp on what's spreading online, y'all. From your city, powered by AI, this is Sydney News Today.