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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Maya Yang

Twitter suspends account monitoring Elon Musk’s flight paths

Illustration shows Elon Musk image on smartphone and printed Twitter logos
Elon Musk had previously tried to get the account’s owner, Jack Sweeney, to delete it in exchange for $5,000. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

Twitter on Wednesday suspended an account that monitors the flight paths of a private jet owned by the social media giant’s new boss, Elon Musk.

Later that evening, the account, @ElonJet, confirmed via tweet it was back online after being suspended for “violat[ing ] Twitter rules”. An hour later, Musk again suspended the jet-tracking account after imposing new conditions on all of Twitter’s users that the sharing of anyone’s current location was not allowed.

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