Im reminded of this excellent article from a mere 12 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33832866
Everyone should read that techdirt article. They predicted the future!
Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account
51–60 of 1001 posts
Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account
#52And... It's suspended again just now.
Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account
#53Elon Musk @elonmusk: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603181423787380737 "Any account doxxing real-time location info of anyone will be suspended, as it is a physical safety violation. This includes posting links to sites with real-time location info. Posting locations someone traveled to on a slightly delayed basis isn’t a safety problem, so is ok."
Apparently slightly delayed means 24 hours: > We define “live” as real-time and/or same-day information where there is potential that the individual could still be at the named location. https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-info...
Such a slipper slope for a guy who announce during TED talk, he is okay with all freedom of speech and leave it to government to decide aka if something is illegal then it should not be under free speech.
It is 24 hours now... what about in the future breaking news at Musk conference will require 10 years space.
Also the whole idea of doxing him... is he special or not? Otherwise we should not track anyone's flying info... but then government keeps this data open. Funny, the government turned out to give you more freedom of speech than a private company!
Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account
#54Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account
#55Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
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 co…
How sad is it that you created a dedicated account just to post a blatant lie.
No post body was provided.
Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account
#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
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 co…
How sad is it that you created a dedicated account just to post a blatant lie.
No post body was provided.
Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account
#58And... It's suspended again just now.
Twitter is officially a dumpster fire.
Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account
#59I 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.
Seems to me that the reputational damage comes from the amount of money these flights cost and their carbon footprint. That part would be difficult to defend someone wanting to hide.
The information is out there already, but this practice goes a step further by shining a spotlight on a person (and their children's) locations.
People would have a different attitude if this guy's niche was live tweeting female celebrity's locations instead of billionaires.
Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account
#60No they didn't. Or if they did they banned it again after their new figleaf rules were enacted. You can't make this up, what a mess.