Last week, Twitter suspended Jack Sweeney’s @ElonJet account that was tracking Elon Musk’s private jet, and soon announced a new policy against live location sharing. Sweeney is back with a new account that still follows Musk’s plane, TechCrunch reported. However, this account has a difference; adds a 24-hour delay to the location.
THIS MAY PREVENT A POSSIBILITY OF SUSPENSION
It looks like Sweeney is trying to comply with Twitter’s new rules by adding a 24-hour delay to the location, eliminating the risk of physical harm. This effort could potentially prevent a new account suspension. We say it’s a possibility because the account in question was recently active. Therefore, it is not yet known whether Twitter will look at this account in the same way.
JACK SWEENEY, @ELONJET AND THE ELON MUSK TRIANGLE…
Sweeney and the @ElonJet account have been on Musk’s radar for a while. In January, a few months before Musk announced a deal to buy Twitter, he offered Sweeney $5,000 to delete the account. Sweeney turned down the offer and asked for $50,000 instead. @ElonJet had over half a million followers.
Twitter’s decision to suspend the account came after Elon Musk said that a car carrying his son X Æ A-12 was being followed by someone in Los Angeles. Twitter soon told Sweeney that her account was “breaking Twitter rules,” but did not specify which ones. Musk later announced that he would be taking “legal action” against Sweeney and “organizations that support harming his family.”
Last week, Sweeney opened an account on Mastadon, the new social media platform, that followed Musk’s private jet in real-time and amassed 67,000 followers.