Musk has introduced a new policy at the micro-blogging site. I wrote yesterday about how the account that tracked the location of Musk's private jet was suspended by the social network. This was noteworthy because the account was getting under Musk's skin before he bought the social media platform. The teen behind the $5,000 was offered the chance to take it down. Even though it's a direct personal safety risk, Musk wouldn't ban this account because he was so committed to free speech. My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following my plane, even though that is a direct personal safety risk Until yesterday, that was the case. The ElonJet account was suspended yesterday morning and then re-established yesterday afternoon. Any account sharing location information on anyone else can be suspended. Links to real-time location information are posted. Someone who traveled on a slightly delayed basis is allowed to post their location. The relevant part of what isn't allowed is here. 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; 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. Posting locations someone traveled to on a slightly delayed basis isn’t a safety problem, so is ok.Elon Musk’s private jet fiasco leads to new Twitter rules
The reason for the change is that Musk doesn't want his jet tracked. This could have implications for av nerds. I like to track flights and do it all day for fun through Flightradar 24. I like planes so I usually do it just because I want to track someone. These new rules are hard to understand.
This is all about avoiding doxxing, according to Musk. Doxxing is searching for and publishing private or identifying information about a person on the internet, typically with malicious intent.
Flight tracking information is specific to a plane and not specific to a person. It's anyone's guess when a person is on a private jet It's different if you say "Elon Musk is flying his private jet."
If you take the new rules at face value, Flightradar 24 would be in violation of the rules. Hundreds of thousands of people would have been stopped from using the internet.
Because of unprecedented sustained tracking interest in SPAR19, Flightradar24 services are under extremely heavy load. Some users may currently experience issues accessing the site, our teams are working on restoring full functionality to all users as quickly as possible. pic.twitter.com/dsFrlQ67zr
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) August 2, 2022
Sharing the location of a government jet on a state visit is one of the implications of this.
This policy change is not unreasonable. I don't believe that a higher level of moderation is useful, but I do believe that a higher level of moderation is necessary. I think it is reasonable that people have a right not to be doxed, and that they should have some level of privacy.
I am not sure if I would consider tracking someone's private jet without knowing if they are on it.
Sharing the locations of others is being banned by the micro-blogging site. Even though he said he was committed to free speech, he wouldn't stop his private jet from being tracked.
The ability to post about flight tracking will be limited if this policy is enforced.
What do you think about the new policy?
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