Despite claims of prioritizing free speech, Twitter has suspended an account that tracks Elon Musk’s private jet usage.
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00:00Twitter has suspended an account that tracks Elon Musk's private jet, despite Musk's pledge to keep the account up in accordance with his free speech principles.
00:07Following an initial suspension, Musk reinstated the jet tracking account with the condition that Twitter users cannot share anyone's current location.
00:15Shortly after, however, the account was suspended again, after Musk tweeted that a quote crazy stalker attacked a car in Los Angeles carrying his young son.
00:23Musk also said he is taking legal action against the account's owner, 20-year-old Jack Sweeney, and quote organizations who supported harm to my family.
00:30It is unclear what legal action Musk could take, given the account uses publicly available flight data.
00:35Before the suspension, atElonJet had more than 526,000 followers.
00:40Sweeney ran similar automated accounts tracking other celebrities' airplanes, including those belonging to Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg.
00:47Twitter has also suspended those and Sweeney's personal account.