Despite the billionaire’s assertions on free speech, Elon Musk’s private jet’s flight tracking Twitter account reported on Wednesday that the social media site had suspended it.
From his personal @JxckSweeney account, the founder Jack Sweeney tweeted, “Well it seems @ElonJet is suspended.”
Sweeney gained prominence for his Twitter account that monitors the movements of the billionaire’s aircraft. Even turned down Elon Musk’s $5,000 request to take down the account, @ElonJet, which has millions of followers.
After acquiring Twitter in a $44 billion agreement, Musk made it known that he would not touch the account as part of his commitment to free expression on the network.
For his most recent posts referencing Musk’s jet, Sweeney directed users to accounts. The Accounts maintains on social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and Mastodon.
Musk Posted on Instagram that “He flew from LA to Austin”.
Musk wrote in an Instagram post on Wednesday that his plane “flew from LA to Austin last night after my account was suspended on Twitter.”
Real-time views of aviation traffic are available on a number of Twitter accounts and on flight-following websites. However this exposure often results in complaints and even equipment seizures.
ADS-B technology, which broadcasts aeroplane positions using signals that relatively simple equipment may pick up, is required by US regulations for planes in certain zones.
Sweeney, who requested public data from the US government to authenticate Musk’s ownership of his plane. He further said it can take some detective work to determine or validate who a plane actually belongs to.
The account was suspended day after former Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey wrote an online article. In defence of the company’s employees, whom Musk had lambasted for decisions about content moderation.
I firmly think, “Any work created by someone for internet. That work should remain up until the creator decides to take it down, wrote Dorsey.
"Elon Musk is pro-free speech… except when it's speech he doesn't like."
Twitter suspends account tracking @elonmusk's private flights (@ElonJet). @donlemon has more: pic.twitter.com/fRCRkrlEDc
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