Grant, Commissioner of Australia's eSafety, said in a statement that after weighing "multiple considerations," she decided discontinuing the proceedings would "likely achieve the most positive outcome for the online safety of all Australians,

A legal battle to have graphic footage of a church stabbing in Sydney removed from Elon Musk's social media platform X has been abandoned.

In a statement on Wednesday the commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, said she had decided to discontinue the federal court proceedings and instead welcomed the opportunity for an independent review.