The recent attacks in Australia are a horrific assault on free society. Our condolences go out to those who have been affected, and we stand with the Australian people in calling for those responsible to be brought to justice.
Following these events, the Australian eSafety Commissioner ordered X to remove certain posts in Australia that publicly commented on the recent attack against a Christian Bishop. These posts did not violate X’s rules on violent speech.
X believes that eSafety’s order was not within the scope of Australian law and we complied with the directive pending a legal challenge.
X has now received a demand from the eSafety Commissioner that X globally withhold these posts or face a daily fine of $785,000 AUD (about $500,000 USD).
This was a tragic event and we do not allow people to praise it or call for further violence. There is a public conversation happening about the event, on X and across Australia, as is often the case when events of major public concern occur.
While X respects the right of a country to enforce its laws within its jurisdiction, the eSafety Commissioner does not have the authority to dictate what content X’s users can see globally. We will robustly challenge this unlawful and dangerous approach in court.
Global takedown orders go against the very principles of a free and open internet and threaten free speech everywhere.
you can't stop JPEGs on bitcoin. complaining will only make them do it more. trying to stop them and they'll do it in worse ways. the high fees drive adoption of layer2 and force innovation. so relax and build things.
Due to this post getting a lot of views & comments, we thought we'd elaborate further for the community:
How did we come by this intel?
Trust Wallet is constantly monitoring multiple avenues for any and all security threats to our users, alongside security partners & researchers. We received the intel which was later confirmed, where a hacker who claimed to have the ability to exploit the iMessage zero-day vulnerability, is asking for $2M on the dark web.
Why did we decide to share?
Trust Wallet actively communicates any potential threats and risks to the community either directly on socials or via our in-app security measures such as our security scanner, which alone has prevented over $600M of our users assets being prevents from reaching the hands of scammers since it's launch. Your security is paramount and we will continue to share risks like this to our users and the wider crypto community.
Who does this effect?
This could effect anyone, but as we stated; the likely targets are high net-worth individuals as the most lucrative targets. We don't know how much you all HODL, but as the risk is there for anyone - we outlined the safest course of action for you all.
Is this a Trust Wallet issue?
No, this is not a Trust Wallet issue; this is a potential exploit, possible through iMessage. This is not exclusive only to Trust Wallet users, but a potential risk for anyone using iOS with iMessage turned on.
Do we have a vendetta against the blue box?
As many of you have speculated in the comments, we do not. We love iMessage as much as the next person, but we are more so concerned about your security. To the iOS users who have turned off your iMessage to mitigate any potential risks, you'll have to send the OG green box SMS messages to each other for the time being.
Thanks fam, stay #SAFU
2/2: 🚨 Recommended action to guard against this iMessage exploit; disable iMessages ASAP until Apple patches this.
Navigate to Settings -> Messages -> toggle iMessage off. Maintain this precaution until Apple issues a security patch. Your security is our priority.
Stay #SAFU 💙