Jack Sweeney, the creator of the account that tracked the trips taken by Musk's private plane, has been banned by the social media site. Links to the tracker on other platforms are being blocked by the social network.
You will see a message if you try to visit Sweeney's account. Attempting to post links to Sweeney's jet tracker on other platforms will show a message that the link is potentially harmful.
I was able to send a link to the alternative version of the tracker on the social media platform. In November, Musk said that he wouldn't ban the account following his plane, but it appears that is not the case anymore.
A Mastodon account belonging to Sweeney shared a picture of a suspended Sweeney. Musk wrote that real-time posting of someone else's location violates doxxing policy after he praised the suspension.
Sharing live location information is a violation of the policy. This is the complete addition to what is now considered a violation.
live location information, including information shared on Twitter directly or links to 3rd-party URL(s) of travel routes, actual physical location, or other identifying information that would reveal a person’s location, regardless if this information is publicly available;
During the recent layoffs, the company dissolved its press office.
The jets of billionaires, including Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, have been suspended. It's not clear if they all belong to Sweeney, but it seems as if many do. About 30 of his accounts have been banned, he told The New York Times.
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