@elonjet Twitter account suspended. Jack Sweeney personal account also suspended

Sweeney woke up Wednesday morning to find that his 530,000 Twitter followers, which Musk purchased in October, had been “permanently suspend” without explanation. Sweeney received a notice on his Twitter account stating that the company had “after careful review… determined that your account violated Twitter Rules,” but not specifying which rules.

The account was briefly restored by Twitter on Wednesday evening. Twitter had new rules that were apparently intended to prevent Sweney from publishing real-time locations for planes used Musk and other public figures, provided they included a small delay. Sweeney asked Musk via Twitter if he would be willing to delay the data for compliance.

On Wednesday night, Musk threatened Sweeney with an escalated conflict by saying that a car carrying Musk’s son would be used. X Æ A-12Was “followed” [a] Crazy stalker” in Los Angeles, meaning without providing evidence that location data was a factor in the alleged episode. “Legal action is being taken against Sweeney and the organizations that supported my family’s victimization,” Musk wrote on Twitter.

Sweeney (20) shared publicly available information regarding Musk’s travels but not his family members nor cars. The records were stopped at airports and Musk did not give any further details about the legal basis Musk might use in a lawsuit.

Musk, who calls himself a “freedom-of-expression” person, criticized Sweeney’s account, but promised last month to keep it up online. TwitterEven though it is a risk to my safety, I am committed to freedom of expression.

Sweeney’s abrupt comment suggests that Musk’s commitment for free speech was broken when it included Musk’s personal lives.

“I mean, that sounds awful,” Sweeney said, before Musk’s legal threat. “He’s trying to drive the company to profitability, and that’s the last thing he needs.”

Sweeney other Twitter accountsIt tracked the air travel of college athletes, celebrities, politicians, and Metta. Mark ZuckerbergClimate Envoy John F. KerryEx-president Donald TrumpMusk’s account for jet travel was closed and he remained online for several more hours.

After Sweeney started discussing the issue publically on Wednesday afternoon, those accounts too were closed. Sweeney’s personal account suspended.

Twitter also prohibited people from tweeting links to the Instagram account Sweeney manages. If a user attempts to tweet with a LinkTwitter stated that they could not complete the request due to the fact that this link was identified by Twitter and our partners as potentially dangerous.

An ex-Twitter employee said that the company reviewed the account previously and determined that it did not violate company rules as the information it posted was freely available. The former employee also stated that it was not in violation of Twitter’s policy regarding private information.

Musk did not respond when asked for comment. The majority of Twitter’s communications staff has been laid off.

Sweeney posted a message on Twitter Wednesday saying that his personal account was suspended for violating Twitter’s rules against “platform manipulation” and spam. He used Twitter to “artificially amplify or suppress information or engages in behavior that manipulates, disrupts or disrupts peoples’ experience on Twitter.” She also stated that any attempts to create a new Twitter account would be blocked.

Sweeney did not have an automated personal account. All aircraft tracking accounts clearly indicated that these accounts were automated. Twitter allows.

Twitter updated Wednesday with an update Private information and media policyThese policies appear to explicitly prohibit Sweeney from engaging in the type of activity that Sweeney is involved in. The new policy prohibits the sharing of “live location information, including information shared on Twitter directly, links to third-party URLs of travel itineraries, actual physical location, or other identifying information that would reveal a person’s location, regardless of whether this The information is available to the public.”

The Wayback Machine, an online archive that tracks historical events, indicated that the page was last updated sometime in the last day. In a tweet Wednesday night, Musk He saidPosting in real-time on someone else’s website is against our information collection policies, but it’s acceptable to post to deferred sites.

Sweeney claimed that he created @ElonJet in 2020 using a publicly-available set of records documenting air travel by all aircraft. ADS-B dataThis will give you an overview of the location and time of take-off and landing of the aircraft.

The Washington Post existed one year earlier Use similar recordsTo report on Musk’s management style, and to ask questions about the environmental and financial costs of frequent trips.

Twitter’s @ElonJet account is a trusted resource for pundits and investors. to track Mask’s whereaboutsAs his plane flew, he was able to move from Austin, his home, to San Francisco Bay Area, where Tesla, his automaker, maintains its factory, then to Southern California, where SpaceX is headquartered, another Musk’s company.

Musk was not on board the plane’s movement, and the account did not give any details about Musk’s travels.

Musk offered $5,000 to Sweeney last year to purchase an ElonJet account, according the website protocol mentionedThe men failed to reach a settlement in January after Sweeney responded by asking for $50,000. Musk opened the exchange by asking, “Can you take this down? It’s a security risk.” In a direct message cited by Protocol, he added, “I don’t like the idea of ​​being shot by a nut.”

In October, Sweeney told The Post that he didn’t believe his account would be deleted. This was shortly after Musk’s $44B acquisition of Twitter. He stated that he didn’t think he would do so because the news would spread all over the internet and he would be called hypocritical.

Sweeney explained that he had previously created similar accounts on social media platforms “just for the event” and was now considering creating a backup account to protect himself in case of total ban.

Sweeney started to worry about the account’s future earlier in the week. Sweeney shared the screenshot, which he claimed was sent by a Twitter employee. The screenshot purports show a Twitter executive asking for “visibility filtering” to be applied to an ElonJet email account “immediately.” The message could not be independently confirmed by the publication.

These “visibility filtering” actions have been the focus of debates about whether Twitter is “shadow banging” conservatives. Musk provided selected journalists with a package of documents called Twitter Files that showed that company managers used “visibility filters” to limit the spread and distribution of content they deemed to be harmful in a way Musk claimed was oppressive.

sudden The ban on Airplane’s account and its subsequent reversal due to new rules being revealed, could set off a series rash decisions Musk has made since he took over Twitter. Musk fired top Twitter executives immediately upon his arrival and made drastic layoffs that halved the staff. He also issued an ultimatum for workers to stick with “very hardcore” Twitter or accept compensation.

The New York Times is still available. mentionedTwitter reported Tuesday that it hadn’t paid rent for its San Francisco headquarters since weeks. The Post was told by someone familiar with the arrangements that Twitter stopped paying its rent. The person did not want to be identified because they are not allowed to discuss them publicly. It houses Twitter’s main lobby.

Many of the company’s gear, including a Twitter logo figure, industrial kitchen appliances, office electronics and office electronics, were recently offered for sale on an auction website.

The person claimed that workers were told to take all remaining office equipment out of one of Twitter’s buildings. According to the person, the plan was for all equipment to be removed and that no payment would be made. Workers, including Twitter employees were moving commercial kitchen equipment and chairs down an industrial elevator.

Many workers were shocked by the hasty, albeit nocturnal decision of Twitter to effectively reduce its size from two buildings to one. “They closed off that whole building and the bridge to it,” the person said.

Sweeney stated Wednesday that he is working hard to ensure accounts are active on other platforms such as chat services, Instagram, and Telegram. He is, too Create an account on MastodonA Twitter competitor, early Wednesday, that gained 7,000 followers in just hours

Sweeney stated that the episode made him question his enthusiasm for Musk’s business genius.

He stated, “There’s a side to him that just can’t seem stand with some people. And I think he’s had enough.” “Every move he makes is worse PR for him.”