Meta’s Threads suspends accounts showing private jet travel of billionaires such as owner Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Taylor Swift

The long-running social media platform, owned by Meta, on Monday abruptly suspended an account showing the flight path of a private jet owned by Mark Zuckerberg, its CEO and co-founder. Meta founder, along with several other accounts showing similar data for private jets. using Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner. On Friday, an account that followed Taylor Swift’s jet was suspended.

All of the accounts are maintained by Jack Sweeney, a college student who rose to fame when Musk took over Twitter in 2022 and ban similar types of jet-stalking accounts, including the one Sweeney has Track Musk’s private plane. Sweeney shifted most of his jet tracking business to Musk Dispute Resolution.

Post it Topics from his personal accountSweeney said all the jet-tracking accounts he maintained on the Meta platform had been suspended in the past few days, except for two accounts: a jet-tracking account used by the former president Donald Trump uses and a jet tracking account is used by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

“It’s quite strange,” Sweeney added.

Although all private aircraft data displayed in Sweeney’s Threads account is published and maintained by the US Federal Aviation Administration, sharing the information on social media has caused many aircraft owners to famously angry, they complained that it violated their privacy. their privacy.

Musk and Swift, although politically opposed, have both threatened to sue Sweeneycalled the jet accounts “assassination coordinates” (Musk) and “stalking and harassment” (Swift).

Sweeney’s account does not show exactly where the plane or passengers traveled. Neither Musk nor Swift have taken formal legal action against him.

In a text message with Fortune, Sweeney said he received no explanation or opportunity to appeal. “If I log in it’s just black.”

Meta representatives did not respond to emails seeking comment.