The row between X and the regulator blew up in the wake of the church stabbing. Musk accused Inman Grant of being a “censorship commissar” while Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese blasted Musk as an “arrogant billionaire who thinks he is above the law.”

Australia's safety regulator has ended a legal battle with X (formerly Twitter) after threatening approximately $500,000 daily fines for failing to remove 65 instances of a religiously motivated stabbing video from X globally.

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,