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@ElonJet returns to Twitter with a 24-hour delay on the plane's location

<p>Last week, Twitter banned (https://www.engadget.com/twitter-elonjet-banned-suspended-elon-musk-private-jet-153132962.html) Jack Sweeney's @ElonJet account that tracked Elon Musk's private jet, then unveiled a new policy (https://www.engadget.com/twitter-announces-new-rules-about-location-sharing-amid-elonjet-controversy-005013326.html) against sharing live locations shortly afterward. Now, Sweeney is back with a new account called @ElonJetNexDay that still tracks Musk's aircraft, but adds a 24-hour delay to the location, TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/22/jack-sweeney-brings-back-elonjet-but-delayed-to-twitter) has reported.</p><p>It appears to be Sweeney's effort conform to Twitter's new rules, which state that it's permissible to share &quot;publicly available information after a reasonable time has elapsed, so that the individual is no longer at risk for physical harm.&quot; The account has only been online for a short time, however, so it remains to be seen whether Twitter will see it the same way</p><span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>Sweeney and his @ElonJet account have been on Musk's radar for a while. In January, a few months before Musk announced a deal to buy Twitter, he offered Sweeney $5,000 to delete the account (https://www.engadget.com/elon-musk-elonjet-twitter-bot-221826608.html/). Sweeney rejected the overture, instead asking for $50,000. As CNBC (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/14/twitter-suspends-elonjet-account-that-tracks-elon-musks-private-jet-.html/)&nbsp;notes, @ElonJet had more than half a million followers.&nbsp;</p><p>The ban came about after Elon Musk said a car carrying his son X Æ A-12 was followed by a stalker in Los Angeles. Twitter soon told Sweeney that his account &quot;broke Twitter rules,&quot; though didn't specify which ones. Musk later said that &quot;legal action&quot; would be taken against Sweeney and &quot;organizations who supported harm to my family.&quot;</p><p>Sweeney's @ElonJet tracker bot now has 67,000 followers on Mastadon (https://mastodon.social/@elonjet) and tracks jets belonging to Musk and others on Facebook and Instagram. The bans are part of a large amount of Twitter drama around Musk that recently culminated in one of Musk's famous Twitter polls (https://www.engadget.com/it-looks-like-elon-musk-is-going-to-find-someone-new-to-run-twitter-121055836.html), with a decisive number of users voting that he should step down as CEO of Twitter.&nbsp;</p>

Source: @ElonJet returns to Twitter with a 24-hour delay on the plane's location (https://www.engadget.com/jack-sweeney-brings-delayed-version-of-elon-jet-back-to-twitter-112158491.html?src=rss)