ElonJet, the banned Twitter bot that tracked Elon Musk's jet, is now on Threads | Mashable.
ElonJet, the banned Twitter bot that tracked Elon Musk's jet, is now on Threads
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ElonJet is now on Threads, so you can once again track Twitter CEO Elon Musk's private jet in real time.
As spotted by Reuters, ElonJet creator Jack Sweeney launched new Threads account Elon Musk's Jet on July 7, replicating the banned Twitter account that automatically posted the location of Elon Musk's private plane. The automated bot has already tracked its first flight on Threads — a trip from Austin to Brownsville in Texas.
The location of Musk's jet is publicly available information, and supplied by the Federal Aviation Administration itself.
Even so, self-proclaimed free speech advocate Musk has previously made clear he does not appreciate Sweeney making this information so easily accessible by the public. The original ElonJet account was suspended from Twitter in Dec. 2022, two months after Musk acquired the social media platform.
A student at the University of Central Florida, Sweeney initially launched ElonJet in June 2020 alongside 15 other Twitter accounts keeping tabs on celebrities' planes. It ran without issues for over a year before Musk contacted him in Dec. 2021 and offered him $5,000 if he would shut down the account.
Sweeney counter-offered with a request for $50,000, a Tesla Model 3, or an internship at one of Musk's companies. Musk responded by blocking the college student on Twitter.
The billionaire would go on to acquire Twitter several months later, subsequently banning ElonJet despite his initial claim that his "commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following my plane."
After ElonJet was banned Sweeney launched ElonJetNextDay, an automated Twitter account that posts the location of Musk's jet on a 24-hour delay. Musk's ban also drew enough attention that it resulted in the creation of r/ElonJetTracker, the subreddit quickly gaining over double the number of followers ElonJet had before it was suspended.
The launch of the new Elon Musk's Jet Threads account wasn't entirely smooth. A screenshot posted to Sweeney's account shows that Instagram reinstated Elon Musk's Jet after it was initially wrongfully suspended. Fortunately, the account's ban and swift return offers some reassurance that Elon Musk's Jet will continue to run without direct interference from its platform, leaving Threads users to wildly speculate on what Musk might be up to at SpaceX's Starbase near Brownsville.
If I was Elon, I would fight back by paying someone to post every public place the kid is in, in real time. 😂
ReplyDeleteHe can't even afford office rent, how can he afford a stalker?
DeleteThat would be so dumb.
DeletePerhaps not own a pointless private je lol.
flgith logs are publicly available
Deleteprivate jet are not pointless though. I must say if I could afford one, I would buy one lol. If you maintain multiple businesses that would need your physical presence, flying private will make things really productive.
Deletepublic places are also publicly available per se
Deleteand a great way to hide all those personal travel expenses!
DeleteAnd I will do that too 😉
DeleteJets are meant to be trackable. It is public access info..... People cannot be tracked legally.
Deletethat is stalking and the guy didn't even stalk Musk just his jet..... Anyone could be on it.
Deleteso I would just stalk his scooter, car, and the taxi he's in 👀. I'm ready to become a billionnaire
DeleteI don't know why you would defend such a superficial and immature person such as Musk. He can take care of himself. Besides everyone's jet can be tracked.
DeleteAirplane flight plans are public knowledge.
ReplyDeleteThe internet is relentless
ReplyDeleteRemoving ElonJet from Twitter was his whole reason to buy it. How things have changed! 😂🤣
ReplyDeleteyea free speech and open discord! Well, unless he doesn’t like it
DeleteHe is 100% for free speech, but will not tolerate it when anybody can indiscriminately determine where his jet is at any moment of the day.
Deletelol no he isn't for free speech. He started banning people as soon as he took over
Deleteindiscriminately?
DeleteI disagree. The individual was merely consolidating already publicly available information into an easy to find “central” spot.
Only indiscriminate action was of Musk’s
You’re right and Elon could not have stand having the location available on his app.
Deleteergo, not free speech.
DeleteTime to track all executives of threads using Starlink- plane or no plane and post that real time
ReplyDeleteI believe that would be illegal.
DeleteInstagram Threads are banning people left and right for OPINIONS, but this harassment and doxing is ok?
ReplyDeleteFlight plans are public record pal.
Deleteyou would know that flight plans are public records, meaning even you can find can look them up, if you lived in America.
DeleteThere is a difference between being being able to search up some flight number somewhere online, and having a website basically outing or bringing attention to the exact location of specifically one person(or his plane). It’s doxxing, it’s harassment and it is dangerous.
Deletenot from the law's perspective otherwise he would be in jail
Deletethen report him for that? I mean, the fact that he has not been charged with it indicates it's not doxxing.
DeleteDoxing is not necessarily illegal, that depends on the different laws in different states, but doxing and harassment is generally against social media rules.
DeleteDoxing is illegal in some states and not others. Doxing and harassment is generally against social media rules.
DeleteI can understand that flight records are public... but... why do people care? The obsession many have (mostly left leaning) on this guy is ridiculous.
DeleteYou guys gonna start tracking the color of the underwear he is wearing next?
these are two child minded billionaires using their toys to spite each other. Other than that, both platforms are censored in different ways.
DeleteThat’s wrong. Twitter is fundamentally based on respect for free speech(within the law), with only small specific exceptions regarding harassment of other users or for example hatespeech(against the rules on Twitter, but not illegal in many countries).
DeleteInstagram Threads begun censoring and banning people on the right wing from day one… if you try to add many well known figures on the right, you’ll get a warning and question whether you are “sure” you want to add that person…
So political censorship on Instagram Threads from day one, maybe even worse than the old pre-Musk Twitter.
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/07/09/18/73019117-12280359-Users_were_asked_if_the_definitely_wanted_to_follow_Donald_Trump-a-2_1688924085300.jpg
that's not even what harassment is
Deletefirst of all..it is 24 hours delayed, so its not doxxing to post public information about where a plane was....yesterday.
DeleteDoxxing is giving out a person's PRIVATE home address. EVERY flight is public knowledge. If a private citizen posts their private info then it is no longer private and can be shared by others. If he flies in public airspace then his whereabouts are public...just like everyone else on the planet.
DeleteHe's an egomaniac and the kid did it just to bug him...and it works...poor fragile elon...LMFAO
DeleteWhen you are dedicating yourself to getting under someone elses skin (which is why people are doing this) then I would consider that, harassment.
DeleteI mean, why the hell would you put up programs and websites dedicated to tracking people (even if not technically illegal) if you weren't trying to harass him in some way. Why does anyone need to know where he is flying?
I'm not a fan of him either, but some of your guys' obsession with the man just isn't healthy.
It's almost like Zuck is purposely messing with Elon. He quietly hires Elon's fired employees. He quietly sets up a competitor to Twitter. One of the early members is the guy Elon harassed for posting his plane info. He is playing Elon. Saying "look I can do this too." But Zuck will make it work.
ReplyDeleteMan-baby Elon loves his free speech unless it's someone expressing an opinion about him or tracking is private plane. Then Elon fires great people from Twitter and Facebook's version of Twitter (Threads) scoops them up, and now Elon can't control his own narrative. Makes my day. How is this dude "brilliant"?
ReplyDeleteAnyone who subscribes too this new PLATFORM should have their heads examined, after the unconstitutional crap that went on at Twitter, Back they go into the abyss of the lawlessness of infringement of free speech.
ReplyDeleteGreat… now he has to buy Threads!
ReplyDeleteNew social meadow platform/ no problem.
ReplyDeleteWhat I don’t get is all the media stumping for this one.
Competition is good.
Thumbs on the scale are not so good.
But why would anyone choose a heavily “moderated” platform over one geared more towards free speech?
And what does it matter anyway when the younger demographic are all on tik tock?
twitter is FAKE NEWS for FAKE PATRIOTS.
ReplyDelete“these fake stories can be traced back to propaganda from the Russian government and Kremlin-controlled media, according to the BBC.”
It's so entertaining watching MAGAt FASCIST get triggered by FACTs. 😂 🙈 😄
https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-blue-users-spreading-fake-news-about-ukraine-war-disinformation-2023-7?fbclid=IwAR2F9VGgzeI1EgDIJRwhYZaKiNt4lB_RdwUUooF3pZMrxRVsx94cnJxHeoE_aem_AUdYwPCyAvDIlnA_nCmUbgqauwHPynzqmt62iC0CvhmJmQayuiVeyLl9tXGQPksh59w
Why would anyone care where Elon’s plane is? Jesus, get a life🫵🥴
ReplyDeleteboomer
DeleteNot sure why, but evidently thousands have some reason to want to.
Deletelost cause
Deleteknowing who he is meeting give investors and reporters some insides on his next business move. Like it or not he put himself in limelight. Other billionaires stay out of limelight and move in shadows to corrupt scotus, Congress and other officials.
DeleteFew does, it is just fun that Elon cares so much.
Deletemainly because it p*sses Elon off. That alone is worth it.
Deletestock market guys! traders make money from business moves.
DeleteWe should know where all the billionaires are all the time.
ReplyDeleteSo where Musk's jet now? We all want to know.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are OBSESSED with the man... I'm not a huge fan of him either.... but Jeezus....
ReplyDeleteYou guys gonna start tracking the color of the underwear he wears next?
I'm stating to like zuck more and more each day
ReplyDeleteSo this is why he bought Twitter ....
ReplyDeleteSnowflake Musk is not going to be a happy camper. 😂
ReplyDeleteRight On!
ReplyDeleteIt's not a bot anymore. The poor guy behind will have to post manually 😂
ReplyDeleteIt's moron musk himself.
DeleteOh this is sure to bring another Elon tantrum... Let me get ready...
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ReplyDelete#Zuksacuck
ReplyDeleteonly as long he speaks 😀
ReplyDeleteTwitter bot? Musk is the biggest whiner.
ReplyDeleteEspionage should be right out in the open, I mean we all ready have blatant dishonesty in our political arena why not in our corporate culture as well.
ReplyDeleteTrack hunter and joe
ReplyDeleteMost criminal empires will thrive on Threads. Biden will be there soon.
ReplyDelete"comedy is now legal" right
ReplyDeleteElon probable feels Threadened...
ReplyDeleteclever!
DeleteOn other news Elon Musk moves to buy Threads
ReplyDeleteI bet someone is flying to China soon.
ReplyDeleteYou’re obsessed with zuckerberg.
ReplyDeleteHahahaha
ReplyDeleteMusk proved that you can be filthy rich and a world class LOSER at the same time.
ReplyDeleteHe should launch an airline!
ReplyDeleteSo that’s how Threads magically got 100 million users. Thanks to bots again.
ReplyDeleteHe must be on mars then
ReplyDeleteThe one advantage to AI no one talks about. Humans can shut it down!
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