Teen who was banned from Twitter for tracking Elon Musk’s private jet in real time returns
, 2022-12-23 22:10:15
The college student behind the infamous @ElonJet Twitter account, the profile that followed Elon Musk’s private jet in real time, is back albeit with one noticeable difference.
The account, now called @ElonJetNextDay, will post the location of the SpaceX founder’s plane with a 24 hour delay, the creator of the account Jack Sweeney said in an interview with Insider.
In a separate interview with the New York Post, Sweeney said that the new account remains ‘search banned’ and can only be found if a user adjusts their search settings.
The previous version of the account was automated, Sweeney told Insider that the new version will be manually updated until he can figure a way to automate it with the new restriction.
At the time the account was deleted, @ElonJet had 500,000 followers. Musk had earlier promised not to ban the account.
Musk stepping off his private jet in Los Angeles in February 2022
Musk changed Twitter’s rules to make real-time location reporting against the site’s rules. Users are allowed to share ‘publicly available location information after a reasonable time has elapsed, so that the individual is no longer at risk for physical harm.’
Despite the new account, Sweeney says that his personal account is still banned by Musk. It remains to be seen if @ElonJetNextDay will avoid a banning.
The University of Florida sophomore said that he originally set up the account in 2020 because he was a fan of Musk’s. Previously, the South African had offered him…
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