Financial Review, 7 July 2026
YouTube defends video labelling Bondi shooting victim crisis actor
By Paul Karp
From Financial Review
YouTube has said a video labelling the Bondi terrorist attack a false flag event and suggesting one of its victims was a crisis actor did not violate its policies because it questioned his motives but did not deny deaths had occurred.
Rachel Lord, a senior manager for government affairs at YouTube Australia, told the antisemitism royal commission on Tuesday the tech giant’s policy against denying or minimising violent events only applied to denying loss of life, not questioning the motives of other victims.