Twitter Account Tracing Elon Musk’s Jet In Real Time Re-Emerges With A Catch
Recently, Jack Sweeney, a student at the University of Central Florida who ran the famous @ElonJet account, found himself banned on Twitter. Chief Twit Elon Musk determined the real-time updates of his private jet to be in breach of the site’s updated anti-doxxing policy.
Now, it seems as though Sweeney has returned to the platform, but with a twist. The new account, @ElonJetNextDay, will still post tweets documenting where the billionaire’s plane has traveled, but with a 24-hour delay.
The student tells the New York Post that instead of relying on bots to post real-time information on the whereabouts of Musk’s jet, he will now manually upload the relevant information after a day has gone by.
The latest update includes information on a flight that took place on December 25, 2022, from Sacramento to LA and back to Sacramento before finally landing in Boulder, Colorado.
It remains to be seen how Musk will respond to the reappearance of the account, which he had previously accused of being a “direct personal safety risk” to himself and his family. Though, if he abides by comments made earlier this month, relaying delayed information would be permissible.
“Posting locations someone traveled to on a slightly delayed basis isn’t a safety problem, so is OK,” Musk tweeted then.
Any account doxxing real-time location info of anyone will be suspended, as it is a physical safety violation. This includes posting links to sites with real-time location info.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 15, 2022
Posting locations someone traveled to on a slightly delayed basis isn’t a safety problem, so is ok.
[via Mashable and NDTV, cover image via @ElonJetNextDay]
