The college student isn't backing down despite Musk shutting him down.
Sweeney, a sophomore at the University of Central Florida, had been running a social media account that tracked the flights of the billionaire. The account was temporarily suspended on Wednesday.
A car carrying a toddler was followed by a stalker who blocked the car from moving and climbed onto the hood. He said that legal action was being taken against organizations who supported harm to his family.
In an op-ed for Newsweek published Thursday, Sweeney wrote, "I certainly never expected him to send that message, especially as he appears to refer to me by name as 'Sweeney' in the message." I wondered if he was trying to intimidate me.
It came as a surprise because Musk, who describes himself as a "free speech absolutist," said in early November that he wouldn't take action against Sweeney's jet tracker.
Even though banning the account following my plane is a direct personal safety risk, I'm still committed to free speech.
It isn't the only example of Musk doing so recently. He sold 4.2 million of his personalTwitter shares for $4 billion in April. He sold more shares on Wednesday, which raised more questions about whether he is the right leader for the company.
He used publicly available data for his posts about Musk.
He thinks his account is not putting his safety at risk. The data comes from a public source, and I post it on the social networking site.
Musk said that any account that doxes real-time location info of anyone will be suspended. Links to real-time location information are posted. Someone traveled to a location on a slightly delayed basis and it isn't a safety problem.
According to Sweeney, the company temporarily agreed to his request to have the plane back in the air. If you posted the data on a 24 hour delay, you would be allowed to use the tracking apps. Within an hour, I was suspended a second time.
Fortune reached out to the micro-blogging site, but didn't get a response immediately.
More than a half dozen journalists had their accounts banned by the social networking site. The users were banned for sharing information about the account.
He started the account because he was a fan of Musk's businesses.
I don't know if I agree with some of the choices Musk is making on social media, but I'm still a fan of Musk's ventures
He isn't going to back down after the ban of ElonJet.
He said that the experience has motivated him. I want to build my own website and this is another reason to speed that up. The website would be all of my accounts with a lot more features.
He had already had accounts on Facebook, Telegram, and Truth Social before setting up an account on Mastodon.
Even if Musk's jet is on different platforms, he will keep following it. It would be like letting the big guy win if I gave up now.
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