Twitter suspends bot account tracking Elon Musk’s jet

Social media platform Twitter Inc suspended a bot account monitoring its proprietor Elon Musk‘s non-public jet, the account’s operator Jack Sweeney stated on Wednesday.

The account tracked actions of Musk’s non-public jet utilizing knowledge within the public area and put out alerts.

Musk stated in a tweet in November that his dedication to free speech “extends even to not banning the account following my plane, even though that is a direct personal safety risk”.

Sweeney, a 20-year-old University of Central Florida scholar, tweeted On Saturday that Ella Irwin, Twitter’s vp of belief and security, requested the account be filtered and fewer seen to customers.
Twitter and Sweeney didn’t instantly reply to Reuters’ requests for remark.

In media interviews, Sweeney has stated that he turned down a $5,000 provide from the Tesla Inc chief govt officer in 2021 to close down his bot account.

Sweeney additionally operates related bot accounts monitoring Musk’s jet on different platforms – Meta Platforms Inc’s Facebook and Instagram and Telegram.

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