Elon Musk, who bought Twitter for an astronomical fee of $ 44 billion, continues to be on everyone’s lips with the things he does on the platform. Although the businessman, who dismissed thousands of employees, said that he defended freedom of expression, he had recently banned the account named ElonJet, which followed his private jet, on the grounds that it did not comply with Twitter rules.
Despite saying that he would not close the account, Musk, who made such a move, received great criticism for closing the account run by a student named Jack Sweeney. Today, there has been an important development on the subject and the account has returned to the platform.
ElonJet returns to Twitter as ‘ElonJet but delayed’
20-year-old Jack Sweeney has returned to Twitter under the username @ElonJetNextDay. The new name means ‘ElonJet but delayed’. This is because Sweeney shared Musk’s jet with a 24-hour delay to comply with Twitter’s rules. The young user, who has more than 30 accounts following many celebrities from billionaires to politicians, told Business Insider that he is manually checking his new account for now, and that automatic sharing will come in the future. The previously deleted ElonJet account was automatically posting about Musk’s plane.
Twitter updated its policies immediately after the ElonJet account was closed, describing it as a rule violation to share people’s real-time location on the same day. Musk also tweeted on December 15, a day after the ban, that posting locations late is not a security risk.
When Twitter’s updated page on the subject was examined, it was clearly stated that it was not forbidden to share the location for a while: “It is not a rule violation to share public location information after a reasonable period of time that will eliminate the risk of physical harm to the person.” Let’s add that commercial and private planes are equipped with a technology that includes information such as location and altitude. This information is kept publicly available to prevent planes from colliding in mid-air.
Landed in Oakland, California, US. Apx. flt. time 3 Hours : 20 Mins. (24 hours ago) pic.twitter.com/1KpLKjUrGV
— ElonJet but Delayed (@ElonJetNextDay) December 22, 2022
This policy, which was implemented, enabled ElonJet to return to Twitter on the condition that it share information about the aircraft’s location a day later. Sweeney, who has tweeted from the account so far, also shared data on flight and fuel information, carbon emissions, as well as the location of the jet.
Elon Musk has recently suspended the accounts of journalists who criticized him on this subject, apart from ElonJet. The billionaire, who even received a reaction from the European Union and the United Nations for banning journalists, backed down after a poll he conducted on 18 December and reactivated the accounts.
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