Twitter account @ElonJet with 1.5 million followers, which was tracking Elon Musk's private jet, was permanently blocked
This week, Jack Sweeney wrote that Twitter issued a shadow ban on the @ElonJet account, which posted data on the movement of private planes of celebrities, including Elon Musk. Three days later, the account was permanently blocked.
Here's What We Know
At the beginning of November, Elon Musk said that he would not block the account, despite the fact that it "poses a direct risk" to the security of the American billionaire. As we can see, a lot has changed in a month.
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
On December 11, the @ElonJet account received a shadow ban. This means users are having trouble finding the account. On Dec. 14 Jack Sweeney wrote that the profile had been permanently banned. The reason for the permanent ban was not specified.
Internal messages obtained by an anonymous Twitter employee explained to me that on "Dec 2 2022 your account @elonjet was visibility limited/restricted to a severe degree internally."
- Jack Sweeney (@JxckSweeney) December 11, 2022
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- Jack Sweeney (@JxckSweeney) December 14, 2022
We should add that earlier this year, Elon Musk offered an American student $5,000 to delete his account. However, Sweeney demanded $50,000. Now the student continues to track the billionaire's planes and publishes information on Instagram. But he has two orders of magnitude fewer followers on that social network - 13,000 versus 1.5 million.
Source: @JxckSweeney
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