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Australia: Free speech victory as tribunal overturns internet censorship order against ‘Billboard Chris’

Australia: Free speech victory as tribunal overturns internet censorship order against ‘Billboard Chris’
ET staff writer
ET staff writer
24 July, 2025 2 min read

A tribunal in Australia has overturned a decision to impose an online censorship order against a man who campaigns to protect children from transgender ideology.

Chris Elston is known as ‘Billboard Chris’ because of his protests, which feature him wearing a sandwich board (billboard) with messages like ‘children cannot consent to puberty blockers’.

Elston, who is Canadian, had one of his social media posts banned in Australia because the country’s eSafety commissioner deemed it to be ‘cyber abuse’.

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