This case, rooted in a 2024 incident, has been a flashpoint in the battle over online freedoms Down Under.

The saga began when Chris posted a tweet on February 28, 2024, criticising transgender activist Teddy Cook’s appointment to a World Health Organization panel, citing a Daily Mail article. The eSafety Commissioner, empowered by the 2021 Online Safety Act, deemed the post “offensive” for "misgendering and linking transgender identity to psychiatric conditions," ordering its removal with a $782,500 AUD fine threat.

We won!

Together with @X, we just defeated Australia’s government in a huge victory for free speech!

The eSafety Commissioner’s effort to censor me and to demand that X complies has failed. This sets an important precedent.

Congratulations, Australia! 🇦🇺 @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/sTYQJqkOl5

— Billboard Chris 🌎 (@BillboardChris) July 1, 2025

A thrilled Chris joined Avi on stream to unpack details of the courtroom victory, "this is extremely powerful and it should be inspiring to all Australians — and people around the world — who are fighting various crazy leftist issues that are harming our society because we have the right to speak," he said.

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X initially resisted but geo-blocked the content in Australia, later appealing alongside Chris, supported by ADF International and the Australian Human Rights Law Alliance.

Chris and X were represented in the case by top media lawyer Justin Quill of Thomson Geer, who declared it as a "win for free speech in Australia."

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"It seems clear this is another example of the eSafety Commissioner overreaching in her role and making politically motivated decisions to moderate what she considers Australians should and shouldn't read and hear from the outside world", Quill said.

For many Aussies, this case highlights concerns about the Act’s broad censorship powers, which allow the Commissioner to target content across platforms. With debates raging over gender ideology and child safety, Chris’s stance — backed by figures like Elon Musk — has resonated with those wary of government overreach.

Today's finding strikes a blow to the contentious eSafety Commissioner’s authority, reinforcing free speech rights in Australia.

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