Last week, Twitter suspended Jack Sweeney’s @ElonJet account, which monitors Elon Musk’s private jet, and soon announced a new policy against live location sharing. And now Sweeney is back with a new account called @ElonJetNexDay, which tracks Musk’s flight but reports it with a 24-hour delay.
Sweeney’s effort appears to be fully in line with Twitter’s new rules, which state that “public information will be allowed to be shared after a reasonable period of time, provided the individual is no longer at risk of physical harm.” However, it is not yet clear how Twitter will react, as the account went online so recently.
ElonJet is back but delayed by 24 hours 🙂
— ElonJet but Delayed (@ElonJetNextDay) December 22, 2022
Sweeney and the @ElonJet account have been targeted by Musk for a while. In January, a few months before Musk announced he was discussing a deal to buy Twitter, he offered Sweeney $5,000 to delete the account. Sweeney turned down the offer, saying it would mean something if he gave $50,000 instead. As CNBC noted, @ElonJet had over half a million followers.
The suspension comes after a car carrying his son X Æ A-12 was harassed by a stalker in Los Angeles, according to Elon Musk. Twitter soon told Sweeney that his account was breaking Twitter rules, though he didn’t specify what. Musk later said that legal action would be taken against organizations that could cause harm to Sweeney and his family.
Sweeney’s @ElonJet follower bot currently has 67,000 followers on Mastadon. He also continues to follow the jets of Musk and other celebrities on Facebook and Instagram.
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