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Sweeney's personal account has also been suspended: https://twitter.com/jxcksweeney

Some additional info: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/14/elonjet...

> On Wednesday evening, the account was briefly restored, with Twitter outlining new rules seemingly designed to prevent Sweeney from posting the real-time locations of planes used by Musk and other public figures as long as he included a slight delay. Sweeney, over Twitter, asked Musk how long he’d have to delay the data to comply.

> But Wednesday evening, Musk threatened to escalate the conflict against Sweeney, saying a car carrying Musk’s son, X Æ A-12, had been “followed by [a] crazy stalker” in Los Angeles, implying without providing evidence that location data had been a factor in the purported episode. “Legal action is being taken against Sweeney & organizations who supported harm to my family,” Musk tweeted.

> Sweeney, 20, shared publicly available information about Musk’s flights, not his family members or his cars. The records stopped and ended at airports, and Musk has provided no further detail as to what legal basis Musk would cite in a lawsuit.



> Musk’s son, X Æ A-12

I heard that he gave his child a strange name, but... that is just something else.

On topic: I don't see how a flight location could be shown to cause that event. If I told you that I was arriving somewhere at LAX at around 0900 could you find me?


> On topic: I don't see how a flight location could be shown to cause that event.

Especially since it is claimed the @elonjet account hadn't tweeted for 48 hours before the incident - difficult indeed to claim causation.


Are you flying in on your own private jet and are you among the richest most well-known people in the world?


Sure. Now, what are the chances you can find me? Let's assume I decide to take a not-a-limo as my ride home though.


So privacy protection only applies to the rich?




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