Shortly after Musk took ownership of Twitter, he tweeted, 'My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following my plane.'
Twitter suspended @ElonJet, the account dedicated to tracking the location of billionaire and Twitter owner Elon Musk's private jet, as well as several other accounts ran by its owner on Wednesday.
@ElonJet was permanently placed in read-only mode, which means that Sweeney cannot share or interact with others' content from the account. The 20-year-old started the account in June 2020 as he was a fan of Musk's work with Tesla and SpaceX. Shortly after Musk took ownership of Twitter, he tweeted,"My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following my plane, even though that is a direct personal safety risk," in November.On Dec. 10, Sweeney tweeted that an employee had sent him a screenshot of the company's vice president of Twitter's Trust and Safety council, a council which was dissolved as of Monday.
One of Sweeney's other account, @SpaceXJet, was permanently suspended Wednesday afternoon. The account tracked the jets used by SpaceX employees.Shortly thereafter, Sweeney's personal account, @JxckSweeney, was also suspended for violating"Twitter Rules."
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