When an accountgets shadowbanned on Twitter, it makes it more difficult to find a user’s profile and posts. Musk shared some details of this practice in his “Twitter Files.” Some users, for their part, had already observed that they were unable to search for or tag Sweeney’s “@El...
After all, Sweeney didn’t have just a personal account. He’s better known to Twitter users as the operator of the Musk private-jet-tracking account (@elonjet). But in one fell swoop Sweeney’s personal account, plus the one he uses to track Musk’s plane, plus the accounts he...
an automated Twitter bot that regularly posted information about Musk's jet flight times and location, on Wednesday, a new home on Reddit was created dedicated to the ElonJet account. Just like Sweeney's Twitter bot, Redditors on r/ElonJetTracker use public flight tracking and transponder data...
After all, Sweeney didn’t have just a personal account. He’s better known to Twitter users as the operator of the Musk private-jet-tracking account (@elonjet). But in one fell swoop Sweeney’s personal account, plus the one he uses to track Musk’s plane, plus the accounts he uses...
started in 2020 when Sweeney was a teenager, automatically posted the Gulfstream jet's flights with a map and an estimate of the amount of jet fuel and carbon emissions it expended. Sweeney said he originally started the Musk jet tracker because "I was interested in him as a fan of Tesla...
Elon Muskbanned the @ElonJet Twitter accountin December last year, alleging that the tracker was a "direct personal safety risk." Prior to this suspension, Musk said he wouldn't ban the account as part of his "commitment to free speech." ...
Sweeney said he originally started the Musk jet tracker because "I was interested in him as a fan of Tesla and SpaceX." In the weeks since the Tesla CEO took over Twitter, the @elonjet account has chronicled Musk's many cross-country journeys from his home base near Tesla's headquarters...
Twitter suspended an account that used publicly available flight data to track Elon Musk’s private jet.
Sweeney said he originally started the Musk jet tracker because “I was interested in him as a fan of Tesla and SpaceX.” In the weeks since the Tesla CEO took over Twitter, the @elonjet account has chronicled Musk’s many cross-country journeys from his home base near Tesla’s headqu...
Jack Sweeney said he thinks Elon Musk's threat to sue him for sharing the status of his private jet is most likely a bluff. "I don't think that'll happen," Sweeney said in an interview with ABC News. "That would just continue to look worse for him." ...