Do you remember that account? It was suspended under the site's new CEO, who had previously promised to leave it alone.
The account that tracked Musk's private jet travel had a following of over half a million before it was taken down.
Its sudden suspension comes just days after its creator Jack Sweeney, a university student, claimed that an anonymous Twitter employee had told him that the company had gotten its visibility severely restricted.
There was no visibility limiting on Monday, according to Sweeney. The account was suspended by the company just two days later. That'll make it hard for ElonJet to see.
As of later today, Sweeney's personal account has disappeared completely, replaced with a message saying it had been suspended. The dominoes fell with his other accounts, like BezosJets, which followed Jeff Bezos.
It seems like all this is against Musk's commitment to free speech, which has remained a key point during his takeover of the micro-blogging site.
Last month, he explicitly talked about it in regards to the account, saying that he cared about free speech so much that he wouldn't ban it.
He wrote that his commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following his plane.
It's not particularly surprising that Musk's history of contradictions led to the ban of the jet.
Maybe a month is all the time he needed to wait for this story to go less-noticed, considering the flurry of eyebrowing decisions he's been making at Twitter. It is likely that the demise of ElonJet will be buried under a lot of bad decisions.
It is not clear if Musk was involved in the suspension. He's made it clear that the buck stops with him, and it's almost impossible to imagine a suspension before he took over.
Last week, Musk told his followers that he was worried about something bad happening to him and that he was concerned about his safety.
It goes back at least one year. It was reported that Musk offered the then 19-year-old $5,000 to take down the plane. Sweeney was a fan of the billionaire and wanted an internship. Musk blocked him after ghosting and then ghosting again.
It's little wonder that Musk paid too much for the service.
If Musk is sincere about his safety concerns, we can sympathize, but that doesn't change the fact that he's been hypocrite about both safety and his dedication to free speech.
We will have to wait and see if Musk addresses this issue at all. Don't be surprised if he exonerates himself of any involvement or justification for the suspension.
Squatters like Musk are no longer paying rent.
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