Elon Jet, a Twitter account that tracked flights of Elon Musk’s private jet, was suspended on Wednesday, despite the billionaire’s claims of free speech.
The account was briefly active later in the day, after Twitter announced that it had updated its policy to prohibit tweets from revealing someone’s location in real time in most cases.
Elon Musk tweeted on November 7 that “My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following my plane, even though that is a direct personal safety risk.” It seems like Musk has changed his decision about it.
My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following my plane, even though that is a direct personal safety risk
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 7, 2022
The University of Central Florida student who created @ElonJet, Jack Sweeney, also ran similar bots that tracked the private jet activity of tech titans like Mark Zuckerberg. Nonetheless, none of Sweeney’s other accounts have been impacted.
Jack Sweeney’s personal Twitter account has also been blocked.
“All of my Twitter accounts have been banned. Even my personal make sure to stay connected with me,” Sweeney wrote on Mastodon.
Elon Musk via a tweet said “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,” Musk said.
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 (@elonmusk) December 15, 2022
Doxxing is the practice of revealing identifying information such as a person’s home address or phone number online in order to target them for abuse.
Tweets sharing a person’s location that are “not same-day” are permitted, as are posts about being at a public event such as a concert, according to Twitter.
Some users have bashed Musk for posting a video of a guy he claimed was stalking his son. Musk also revealed the guy’s plate number and car.
Anyone recognize this person or car? pic.twitter.com/2U0Eyx7iwl
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 15, 2022
I swear.
Someone made a parody account, now suddenly there are new impersonation rules
Someone used public information to Tweet about Elon's jet, so now there are new location rules
One thing is for sure – if it personally offends him, you won't be able to do it anymore
— Broosh (@Brooshie) December 15, 2022
Elon Musk also threatened to sue Jack Sweeney, the creator of Elon Jet on Twitter. “Legal action is being taken against Sweeney & organizations who supported harm to my family,” Musk posted
Users reacted to the suspension of Elon Jet account
In response to the ban of Elon Jet’s account, a user tweeted “So much for free speech. Musk has killed @ElonJet, which was using public aircraft data. I’m overwhelmingly empathetic to doxing and taking action, but there’s no valid argument this endangers anyone.”
Another user tweeted “Elon Musk bought twitter and is personally taking down ppls profiles he deems a nuisance or annoying after he claimed his “commitment to free speech” was absolute. he literally used the elonjet acc (now banned) as proof of such commitment.”
🤡 🛩 🤐
NB, Elon getting upset about this and claiming it’s a “safety risk” was and still is absurd. His plane’s tail number is N628TS. You can track it on several different websites. It’s public information. Always has been, even for military jets outside of combat flights. pic.twitter.com/wdPQVYTUCP
— Andy Craig (@AndrewRCraig) December 14, 2022
Oh hey, Elon’s Jet landed at @[email protected] pic.twitter.com/WOWNzgHsiy
— @[email protected] (@bikepedantic) December 14, 2022
💥BREAKING
HERE IS the EXACT rule the ElonJet and Jack Sweeney accounts violated which got them suspended: Posting the GPS location of a person violates Twitter's DOXXING rules. Tracking and then POSTING the GPS location of @elonmusk's jet violates this rule. Please share. -VJ pic.twitter.com/293P3wd5GN
— RealVinnieJames (@RealVinnieJames) December 14, 2022
.@ElonJet after double suspensionpic.twitter.com/zfNabUwN5i
— serious gemini (@__SeriousGemini) December 15, 2022
For those wondering what Elon has to hide by deleting #elonjet
Elon visited Epstein 12x up until his death. But according to Elon he never knew him and was photo bombed by Maxwell. Truth tells a different story and according to Twitter TOS old history of flight tracking is okay pic.twitter.com/SOCby0OS9F
— Anonymous Operations (@AnonOpsSE) December 15, 2022
The famous @elonjet account tracking Elon’s private jet has been taken down, despite Elon bragging he won’t take it down—Elon also got sensitive and took down the personal account of @JxckSweeney. ➡️But Elon wants to force you to give your personal location data to use Twitter.🤷🏻♂️ pic.twitter.com/0ZrwB31Xle
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) December 14, 2022
Twitter suspended the account following Elon's jet but not the one following Jeff Bezos' jet. Even though they do the same thing and are run by the same guy. Why does @elonmusk hate free speech when the speech is about Elon Musk? pic.twitter.com/fOxvNdA3e8
— Levi Fishman (@levifishman) December 14, 2022
UPDATE: It appears the Russian oligarch private jet trackers Jack ran were also suspended along with Elon’s jet tracker @ElonJet and Jack’s personal account 🤔 pic.twitter.com/6FA86s0rD6
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) December 14, 2022
Elon Musk is a bitch. A fascist bitch. Suspending the Elon jet account that uses public info to track his private plane that’s helping to destroy the planet proves how bitch made he is. pic.twitter.com/iqMP9dwARS
— Robb Hood (@BostonRobb) December 14, 2022
Twitter has now blocked the ability to post a link to the ElonJet Instagram account. pic.twitter.com/qNEcn6uVDF
— Tony Webster (@webster) December 14, 2022
Elon deleting videos of him being booed by Chapelles audience and suspending the Elonjet account is peak free speech
— 🐇Patricia Bunnywoman🥕 (@FemboyLifestyle) December 12, 2022
Elon Musk has now suspended BOTH ElonJet and the person who ran the account from Twitter.
I NEVER want to hear another word about free speech from Elon again.
— Jack Cocchiarella (@JDCocchiarella) December 14, 2022
So let me get this straight. If the Joe Biden campaign asks Twitter to remove naked photos of his son, it's "anti-free speech," but if Elon Musk wants to remove the ElonJet account because he desires more privacy, that's perfectly fine with conservatives.
Do I have that right?
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) December 14, 2022
The famous @elonjet account tracking Elon’s private jet has been taken down, despite Elon bragging he won’t take it down—Elon also got sensitive and took down the personal account of @JxckSweeney. ➡️But Elon wants to force you to give your personal location data to use Twitter.🤷🏻♂️ pic.twitter.com/0ZrwB31Xle
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) December 14, 2022
For all the leftists shedding crocodile tears over @ElonJet getting suspended, even absolute free speech has limits. That account was clearly violating Twitter rules. pic.twitter.com/rqnTVWA0Lp
— ACABylon Bee (@ACABylonBee) December 14, 2022
Elon suspended Kathy Griffin for mocking him
He suspended ElonJet for holding him accountable (and has now delayed his tweets)
He suspended left-wing activists for telling the truth
Space Karen is all about free speech until his own ass is on the line
— Lindy Li (@lindyli) December 15, 2022
remember Elon Musk's first Twitter Files? the one about Twitter blocking links to NY Post's Hunter Biden story
Elon Musk is using the same thing to block links to @ElonJet on other platforms right now
the exact same thing (except old Twitter stopped doing it the very same day): pic.twitter.com/KUpXG734w7
— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) December 15, 2022
After the suspension of @elonjet, it turns out the Twitter rules have been updated. pic.twitter.com/H8eQxPIRUX
— peasant cat (@CitiXen) December 14, 2022
he's trying to sue the guy who ran the elonjet account lmao pic.twitter.com/krgaq3Dkyg
— jenny_tightpants🪑 (@halomancer1) December 15, 2022
Damn, Elon banned the account tracking his private jet, which is a Gulfstream G650 with tail number N628TS. https://t.co/vgTkNGAr1b
— Lee 🖖 Carter (@carterforva) December 14, 2022
Elon has now suspended Jack Sweeney, the creator of the @ElonJet account. If you're a nazi, you're ok to be on Twitter. If you repost public flight information, you get banned. It was never about free speech. pic.twitter.com/QnEVVngjGv
— Alejandra Caraballo (@Esqueer_) December 14, 2022
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