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Australia may risk a diplomatic spat with the Trump administration if it limits the viewing of a US execution

A history of tech giant legal challenges and US political criticism shows there’s no easy solution for the eSafety commissioner Australia’s online safety regulator has a few levers to limit the public seeing the US’s planned live stream of an execution but history suggests it will lead to a very public fight. The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, announced last week the planned execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan would be livestreamed when the military execution is carried out in early December .

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