Twitter briefly restored @ElonJet, the automated bot account that tracked Elon Musk’s private jet and posted about its flight activity online.
Twitter briefly restored @ElonJet, the automated bot account that tracked Elon Musk’s private jet and posted about its flight activity online. Run by Jack Sweeney, the account was suspended earlier today without any official explanation. Hours later, Twitter made a policy change about sharing someone’s live location, citing their safety and rules on doxing. Musk had previously claimed the account posed a « direct personal safety risk, » but that he wouldn’t make a move against the account due to his love for free speech.
Shortly before the Twitter policy change on sharing someone’s live location was announced, the ElonJet account reappeared on Twitter with a follower count that kept randomly changing for no apparent reason. This led to speculation that Musk had a change of heart or that maybe Twitter had just failed to communicate its updated policies before the disciplinary action. Replying to a user discussing @ElonJet’s first suspension, the new Twitter CEO said, « Real-time posting of someone else’s location violates doxxing policy. » However, Musk later added that sharing an individual’s location with a 24-hour delay was acceptable and won’t count as a policy violation.
