Elon Musk tweeted that โlegal action is being takenโ against a Twitter user named Sweeney and other โorganizations who supported harmโ to his family.
Sweeney ran an account that actively tracked the Twitter CEOโs private jet. Muskโs threat came after he said a โcrazy stalkerโ was following a car carrying his 2-year-old son. He seemed to connect the incident to the flight tracker, which is run by college student Jack Sweeney.
โLast night, car carrying lil X in LA was followed by crazy stalker (thinking it was me), who later blocked car from moving & climbed onto hood,โ Musk wrote Wednesday evening.
Musk later shared a video of the alleged stalker and asked, โAnyone recognize this person or car?โ
Sweeneyโs jet-tracker account and his personal account were both suspended earlier on Wednesday. Sweeney posted a screenshot on Mastodon that showed he was suspended for violating โrules against platform manipulation and spam.โ
โAny account doxxing real-time location info of anyone will be suspended, as it is a physical safety violation,โ Musk said. โThis includes posting links to sites with real-time location info. Posting locations someone traveled to on a slightly delayed basis isnโt a safety problem, so is ok.โ
The billionaire said last month that he would not ban Sweeneyโs account, explaining that his โcommitment to free speechโ extended to the account, which has more than 500,000 followers and actively tracks Muskโs location through public flight-tracking data.
At least 25 other accounts tracking billionairesโ private jets were suspended as well, according to the New York Times.







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