Remember yesterday, when we talked about Musk suspending Elon's Jet, the automated twitter account that posted publicly available data about the flight plans of Musk's private jet. James Fallows (himself a pilot) walks us through the details.
1/n Here's something about flying "general aviation" airplanes— basically everything but airliners or the military, from tiny crop dusters to big corporate jets.
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) December 16, 2022
Most of what you do is *public information.* Registration and tail numbers of airplanes. Certificate info on pilots.
The jet-setting was something Musk would rather people not talk about -- It doesn't go with the whole monastic planet warrior thing -- so we all knew he'd look for an excuse to kill it. What he came up with was an unverified claim of stalking that didn't seem to have anything to do with the flight tracker
Hard to know what possible case Musk cld have against this kid, though he cld use his billions to try to crush him w frivolous actions. And what possible connection does plane tracking have to this purported attack on his car? https://t.co/KdmjzMOKHQ
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 15, 2022
When people started looking into this, Musk escalated.
Free speech!? Elon Musk's Twitter suspends several journalists' accounts without notice for criticizing him!https://t.co/D97Cv7IdLM
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 16, 2022
Details: The following accounts were suspended on Thursday night...
- New York Times tech reporter Ryan Mac
- Washington Post tech reporter Drew Harwell
- Journalist Aaron Rupar
- CNN politics and tech correspondent Donie O'Sullivan
- Mashable tech reporter Matt Binder
- Sports and political commentator Keith Olbermann
- The Intercept tech reporter Micah Lee
- Voice of America's chief national correspondent Steve Herman
So in the ten minutes since I did this tweet, someone who replied to my tweet already got suspended. pic.twitter.com/L2hQFdQR5K
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 16, 2022
2/ LAX is like a whole city. The idea that you can know a private jet landed there and have any idea where that person is or where their car is leaving the airport or anything like that is totally absurd.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 16, 2022
audio of elon musk joining @katienotopoulos twitter space, getting pushback about his bogus claims, and storming out (h/t @CrymsonDawn) pic.twitter.com/QEXC7HPWrV
— Marisa Kabas (@MarisaKabas) December 16, 2022
Then Musk started going after Twitter's main competitor.
Seriously this is bullshit. pic.twitter.com/D3UQ1xO7pM
— Bye bye Elon (@binarybits) December 16, 2022
They’re slapping warning labels on mastodon links now pic.twitter.com/Tm0GpzT3Aq
— Julie Millican (@JMillzDC) December 16, 2022
👽 @joinmastodon official account has been banned on Twitter pic.twitter.com/qOSe7nRj2W
— Alex Barredo 📉 (@somospostpc) December 15, 2022
Just tried to post a link to my Mastadon account and Twitter blocked my tweet as “harmful”
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) December 16, 2022
Here it is 👇 pic.twitter.com/h8RRhS1bWA
On the bright side.
The Twitter debacle *might* be a good thing in the long run, as it is a stark reminder that no private company should be trusted to be the "public square".
— François Chollet (@fchollet) December 16, 2022
Invest in platforms you control or that you can easily migrate away from (with your audience). https://t.co/0fbg7xUvaO
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