Twitter suspends account dedicated to tracking Elon Musk's private jet

[Temeret]

Source: NBC News

Twitter

has suspended the account dedicated to tracking the location of billionaire Elon Musk’s private jet.

The account, @ElonJet, was run by Florida college student Jack Sweeney and had amassed more than half a million followers. It tracked Musk’s plane’s location using publicly available flight data and appears to have been suspended Wednesday morning.

“Well it appears @ElonJet is suspended,” Sweeney tweeted Wednesday. He encouraged users to follow him on other platforms.

Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion in October, and he has been vocal about his efforts to protect free speech on the site. In early November, Musk claimed he was such a staunch advocate for free speech that he would not ban the plane tracking account, which he called a “direct personal safety risk.” 

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/14/twitter-suspends-elonjet-account-that-tracks-elon-musks-private-jet-.html

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Note that Kanye's last tweet was an unflattering picture of Elon without a shirt.
He seems to be telling his minions to ban those who offend him.

[2naSalit]

1. Thin skinned.

That kid will just migrate to the next most popular platform. It's almost amusing to see how these narcissists freak right out about any unflattering imagery of themselves. I would imagine that they have their mirrors positioned to only show their "best" parts.

[NotHardly]

14. Time for the Government to Reconsider introducing serious oversight on Monopolistic Meglomaniacs

That is unless the US is turning into a playground for Billionaires to act like little dictatorial Oligarchs who run the country and lord it over the rest of us.

[David__77]

2. I wonder if his other accounts tracking jets were suspended.

[SergeStorms]

3. Extremely thin skin...

on the "chief twit". 🙄

So much for his protecting freedom of speech. You have the freedom to speak any dangerous and ridiculous conspiracy theory, but can't say anything about him. That's where freedom of speech ends.

[Otto_Harper]

5. Since it *IS* a private organization, there is no such thing as free speech. There *ARE*, however

Free market and other Libertarian concepts at play. It is perfectly acceptable to employ any and all market and business strategies to undermine and impact this sorry operation and its sorry owner.

[SergeStorms]

12. I'm just relaying Musk's message...

about his reasons for buying Twitter in the first place. He said there was too much censorship of "conservative" values on Twitter.

You know, crack-pot conspiracy theories, COVID misinformation etc. "conservative values" like those. 🙄

[Prairie_Seagull]

18. This is a real question.

Are you saying that corporations do not have to operate within the framwork of the US Constitution?

[Otto_Harper]

23. Corporations must operate within the legal structure of the US

The Constitution defines the government and its relationship to the people and states with regard to governance. Corporations are not bound to operate under the bill of rights or any other protections which The Constitution requires that The Government extend to the citizens.

[Prairie_Seagull]

25. First: I am not a constitutinal wonk or lawyer, Just a citizen.

The "legal structure of the US" includes both the bill of rights and the constitution.

So it appears that your answer is a qualified Yes. I am not sure that your take on this qualification would not be served better in another more legalistic forum. Corporations being considered "people" may have a bearing on this.

That said, Nobody else wanted to speak up on this so my guess is that this is not a completely settled issue, or issues. And/ or others did not feel equipped to adequately argue this founding documents point/s.

Are we arguing points view or settled law?

I honestly only think I know.

Good luck to you.

[Otto_Harper]

26. I think this can be stated much more simply

The freedom of speech which is guaranteed by The Constitution is a prohibition against the Government criminalizing speech. Period. it does not protect you from private employers and businesses who control their own premises. You may say anything you want out in the street or in public areas (known as traditional public forums).

Traditional public forums include public parks, sidewalks and areas that have been traditionally open to political speech and debate. Speakers in these areas enjoy the strongest First Amendment protections. In traditional public forums, the government may not discriminate against speakers based on the speakers' views.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

27. For this thread

[LetMyPeopleVote]

28. It is clear that the First Amendment does not apply but Musk is still a hypocrite

Musk claims to be a free speech absolutist which is pure BS. Musk only believes in Free Speech so long as he agrees with that speech

Link to tweet

[LetMyPeopleVote]

24. "Elon Musk is pro-free speech... except when it's speech he doesn't like."

Twitter is a private company and so the First Amendment does not apply. However, one of the reasons that Musk gave for buying twitter was to promote "free speech absolutism" because Musk thought that Twitter unfairly censored TFG and others.

Musk lied when he claimed that he believed in "free speech absolutism" and does not want anyone commenting on him

Link to tweet

[Gore1FL]

4. They should put versions on every other platform. nt

[Yonnie3]

6. The posts of elonjet are available on instagram - link in post

https://www.instagram.com/elonmusksjet/

latest

elonmusksjet
Landed in Los Angeles, California, US. Apx. flt. time 48 Mins.
1d

[IronLionZion]

7. He'll have to buy Instagram next

Gotta catch em all, like pokemon

[Yonnie3]

8. I think he has several other feeds

I'm not sure, but discord and telegram are likely.

It could get expensive

https://grndcntrl.net/links/ has his links, I've not checked them for content.

[IronLionZion]

9. Richest man in the world going broke the fastest

can be a good record of some sort. He'll really own the libs

[Major Nikon]

10. Too stupid to take down his own tweet

Link to tweet

[The Grand Illuminist]

19. Elon must watch for falling rocks.

nt

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

11. But wait a minute? I thought he was a free speech absolutist?????

The Hypocrite Phony Stark strikes again.

[Ford_Prefect]

15. He is. "Some animals are more equal than others."

Eloon believes in the rightness of his cause outweighing the truth. To him free speech is the kind he can regulate freely.

[Corgigal]

13. Must be thinking about not paying for his

security too.

Speaking about passing the popcorn moments.

[Aviation Pro]

16. Awwwww, poor, widdle Eloon Mollusk has a sad because his Gulfstream (N628TS) is being tracked

You can mask it on FlightRadar24 and FlightAware, fuckstick, but you can't hide your ADSB signal.

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/

[rogue emissary]

17. Well all those that said Musk was a Free Speech absolutist are awful quiet.

[jmowreader]

20. It took this long?

Musk’s skin is thinner than the upholstery on the seats of his cars. I would have thought ElonJet would be gone the first day. I guess he was too busy reinstating RWNJs to get around to this,

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. For this thread

Link to tweet

[SunSeeker]

22. Every day Elon reminds us he lied when he said he was a free speech absolutist.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

29. For this thread

Link to tweet

[Kennah]

30. Follow the Facebook account

https://www.facebook.com/ElonJet

[LetMyPeopleVote]

31. For this thread

Link to tweet

?s=20&t=JZIKQhAPRScJ-xw0reB9eg