Twitter Inc suspended a bot account monitoring its proprietor Elon Musk’s personal jet. (Representational)
Social media platform Twitter Inc suspended a bot account monitoring its proprietor Elon Musk’s personal jet, the account’s operator Jack Sweeney stated on Wednesday.
The account tracked actions of Elon Musk’s personal jet utilizing knowledge within the public area and places out alerts.
Mr Musk stated in a tweet in November that his dedication to free speech “extends even to not banning the account following my airplane, though that may be a direct private security threat”.
Mr Sweeney, a 20-year-old College of Central Florida pupil, tweeted On Saturday that Ella Irwin, Twitter’s vp of belief and security, requested the account be filtered and fewer seen to customers.
Twitter and Mr Sweeney didn’t instantly reply to Reuters’ requests for remark.
In media interviews, Jack Sweeney has stated that he turned down a $5,000 provide from the Tesla Inc chief government officer in 2021 to close down his bot account.
Mr Sweeney additionally operates related bot accounts monitoring Mr Musk’s jet on different platforms – Meta Platforms Inc’s Fb and Instagram and Telegram.
(Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is revealed from a syndicated feed.)
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