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Internet regulator speaks out over Sydney video viewed by Southport killer that X fought to keep online

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eSafety regulator expressed 'great sadness' after it was revealed a British teenager who fatally stabbed three children in the UK had earlier searched for a video of a Sydney church stabbing on social media that her office had attempted to have taken down.

Axel Rudakubana , 18 , was convicted and sentenced to 52 years in prison on Thursday for murdering the three girls at a Taylor Swift -themed dance class in Southport in July 2024 and the attempted murder of 10 others.

eSafety had argued the videos represented extremely violent material that was prohibited in Australia .

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58

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34

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formal

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English

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67

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likely offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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