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Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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This appears to be the new policy: https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1603165959669354496

I wonder how does Elon expect any journalist to follow these rules? Big chunk of information from press is reporting on public figures location and sometimes this include reporting in real time.

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Content that shares location information related to a public engagement or event, such as a concert or political event, is also permitted." Literally the next sentence in the thread linked.

A plane taking off is a public event, and that statement isn’t in the actual policy linked.

https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1603165967453868032...

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

“live location information, including information shared on Twitter directly or links to 3rd-party URL(s) of travel routes, actual physical location, or other identifying information that would reveal a person’s location, regardless if this information is publicly available” This makes “I am at watching ” a violation.

"Content that shares location information related to a public engagement or event, such as a concert or political event, is also permitted." Literally the next sentence in the thread linked.

Landing at an airport is a public event

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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He's being inundated with explicit death threats even more than usual, and usual is a lot*. Leaving the Twitter account up, and those like it, but delaying data by 24 hours is a sensible compromise and the policy applies to everyone's physical safety. * https://twitter.com/dataracer117/status/1519167734910619649?...

He’s instigated death threats against Fauci.

No one asked either of them to be public figures. They can go away whenever they want. Their status is not an immutable law of reality and humanity tends to have a history of not giving a toss about being helicoptered by self aggrandizing individuals.

The data is available real time by law elsewhere. He’s not routing around anything, just trying to insulate himself from consequences of his actions, and cement his genius by flailing around like the party drug using, half wit he actually is.

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

#29

I am fully expecting this thread to be swarmed by HN users claiming this is a righteous upholding of principals and Elon Musk is a pure man free of hypocrisy, with only the thickest skin. Wont stop me from being mad about it, though.

I honestly find it impossible for anyone to defend this self-serving behaviour.

Let's be honest - he owns the company and he have every right to do whatever he want with it including burning it all to the ground. So he could just ban that account to begin with and everyone would just learn that Twitter is now his private fan club.

Instead he given some empty promises about "being free speech absolutist" and "not banning account that track his private jet" just to do exactly that shortly after. It's hypocrisy and he should pay dearly for that with what reputation he still have.

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

#30

I am fully expecting this thread to be swarmed by HN users claiming this is a righteous upholding of principals and Elon Musk is a pure man free of hypocrisy, with only the thickest skin. Wont stop me from being mad about it, though.

I honestly find it impossible for anyone to defend this self-serving behaviour.

Actually, the new policy against live-tweeting people's whereabouts (with the obvious exceptions) and enforcement of a 24h delay would have been pretty easy to defend, had it preceded the account suspension rather than the other way around.
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