Meta has suspended several accounts that were used to monitor the private jet flights of top celebrities and tech giants, including Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Kim Kardashian and Elon Musk.
Jack Sweeney, college student in florida Who was it X was kicked by Musk To manage an account Billionaire’s private jet flights trackedannounced that Zuckerberg had also blocked similar flight-tracking accounts on Instagram and Threads.
“Jet tracking and threads on Instagram got zuck,” Sweeney wrote in a message posted to his social media account.
“Today brings a wonderful feeling, which is reminiscent of all my accounts on Twitter being suspended,” Sweeney wrote.
According to Sweeney, the accounts were “blacked out” without warning from Meta.
“As the day wore on, all my other tracking accounts – celebsjets, kimkjets, kyliegenerjets, bezosjets, zuckerbergjets – were suspended,” she wrote.
Sweeney claimed that similar flight-tracking accounts dedicated to former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis were allowed to remain operational, though they too were ultimately deactivated after another publication wrote an article Which explained how those were the only accounts that were active.
“The behavior is consistent: These platforms operate without transparency, and they appear to make arbitrary decisions,” Sweeney wrote.
According to Sweeney, his jet-tracking site dedicated to Taylor Swift was removed from Instagram 10 months ago. But the service allowed his other monitored accounts to remain operational.
Sweeney accused Meta of “showing a clear case of selective enforcement”.
The post has sought comment from Meta.
“Given the risk of physical harm to individuals and taking into account the recommendation of the independent Oversight Board, we have disabled these accounts for violating our privacy policy,” a Meta spokesperson said in a statement. Statement emailed to TechCrunch.
Last December, lawyers for pop superstar singer Swift, Swinney threatened with legal actionThey sent her a cease-and-desist letter stating that Swift would have “no choice but to pursue any and all legal remedies” if she did not stop her “stalking and harassing behavior”.
in February, Swift sold one of his private jets After news of his lawyer’s letter to Swinney came to light.
In May, President Biden signed a law that allows owners of private jets to keep their registration information secret — making their flights harder to track.
Despite the new rules, Sweeney told Thrillist In May, it was still possible for private jet enthusiasts to monitor celebrity flights because very few people flew those routes and they were often tipped off by fans.
