Student tracking Musk's jet says other accounts not banned

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The college student who tracks Elon Musk's jet and was banned says other flight-tracking accounts haven't received the same treatment

has less than a hundredth of the followers it had before he moved to sharing the data with a delay, Sweeney said. Some have moved to following the college student on Instagram of Facebook, where he said he saw an influx of new followers after he was initially banned on Twitter.

Sweeney's accounts have been banned for over six months. But he said he's seen multiple accounts pop up recently that share real-time flight data. They range from accounts broadcasting the locations of individuals, like former president Donald Trump and race car driver Max Verstappen, to more general location tracking of various types of airplanes, as well as one-off posts on the locations of various public figures.

Insider reached out to Twitter for comment about the specific accounts and Sweeney's complaint, but only received an automated response that didn't address the questions. "It's kind of angering when other people are able to do it and I'm not allowed to because I have this big target on my back," Sweeney said.

 

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