Despite being banned from Twitter almost a week ago, Jack Sweeney, a sophomore at the University of Central Florida, appears to be persistent in annoying Elon Musk after putting up another account that tracks the billionaire's jet.
The account's handle is @ElonJetNexDay, but this time it will be tracking Musk's private jet with a 24-hour delay, as reported first by TechCrunch.
This screen grab shows the Twitter account of billionaire Tesla chief Elon Musk on October 27, 2022 with the profile "Chief Twit". Elon Musk changed his Twitter profile to "Chief Twit" and posted video of himself walking into the social network's California headquarters carrying a sink, days before his contentious takeover of the company must be finalized.
Tracking Elon's Jet
The 20-year-old created a Twitter account called @ElonJet two years ago that used open data to map Musk's private jet trips automatically.
Back in January, Musk urged Sweeney to remove his account in exchange for $5,000 through a direct message on the network. Musk allegedly wrote to Sweeney that it was a "security risk."
However, the billionaire reportedly ghosted him after he joked that he would instead receive a Model 3 or $50,000.
Sweeney never received such an exchange, but he surely gained loads of attention online after landing in several headlines. Twitter ultimately banned him from the app losing 530,000 followers in the process.
The catalyst, according to Musk's Twitter post, was a car that was "followed by crazy stalker" in Los Angeles while carrying his son X A-12.
Twitter then continued to remove other accounts, including Sweeney's personal account and other accounts run by the 20-year-old that monitored the air travel of other well-known people such as Mark Zuckerberg.
The Sweeney Story
The Sweeney story was covered by many journalists the following day, and it did not go well for them after being removed from the platform as well.
These journalists came from The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, and others.
Musk alleged that they were taken down for "doxxing," which is a way of publishing sensitive information online.
The news outlets did not take the move lightly, and even the European Union threatened the platform of sanctions.
Sweeney has kept his social media profiles active while doing so on other platforms. He launched an account on Mastodon, the latest social networking site, last week, and it already has 67,000 followers.
Additionally, Sweeney has pages on Facebook and Instagram with sizable followings that chronicle the arrivals and departures of private jets.
According to Twitter's new guidelines, "sharing publicly available location information after a reasonable time has elapsed so that the individual is no longer at risk for physical harm" is not a violation.
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