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Deepfake and altered images depicting a Bondi Beach terror attack survivor holding an Academy Award while covered in blood spread "like wildfire" online just hours after the shooting, a royal commission has heard.

Prominent Jewish businessman and philanthropist Steven Lowy says the "tragedy would have been far smaller" if armed security were at the event targeted in the Bondi Beach shooting.

Federal Victorian MP Josh Burns details an attack on his electorate office where a hammer was used to smash the windows, and the following abuse on social media.

An online hate prevention charity which monitors and reports antisemitic content says trillionaire Elon Musk is partly to blame for anti-Jewish hatred on social media platform X.

Wed 1 Jul 2026 at 9:46pm Extremists are using coded language and memes to evade detection when posting antisemitic content on social media, a royal commission has heard.

The Jewish Council of Australia's executive director has been labelled a "Hitler's Jew" in what she describes to a royal commission as an online harassment campaign by pro-Israel and neo-Nazi groups.

eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant became emotional while apologising to Jewish victims of social media harassment who do not meet the regulator's legal threshold for intervention.

Thu 2 Jul 2026 at 8:57pm Elon Musk's X Corp argued footage of the Bondi massacre was "not any worse … than a gore movie", a royal commission has heard.

A mandated digital duty of care for social media platforms remains more than 18 months away, despite an online safety law review recommending its implementation in 2024.

Everyone from billionaires to politicians and pro-Palestinian Jewish activists told the royal commission of the hate they receive in phone calls and emails.