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Jack Sweeney, who gained notoriety for his @ElonJet account on X and maintained many of the suspended accounts, said on Threads that the development is “reminiscent of all my accounts getting suspended on Twitter.” The shuttered accounts, which used publicly available data to show the flight paths of private jets, initially displayed a message on Monday that read, “The link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed.”

Meta provided no direct warning or explanation for the suspensions, according to Sweeney, who says the accounts appear “blacked out with no options to interact or receive information.” In a statement to TechCrunch, however, an unnamed Meta spokesperson said “Given the risk of physical harm to individuals, and in keeping with the independent Oversight Board’s recommendation, we’ve disabled these accounts for violating our privacy policy.”

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[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 2 points 6 minutes ago

This is why we need to bring back the old internet, not this corposhit.

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 39 points 2 hours ago

you know where this wouldn't happen?

Mastodon.

[-] aeharding@vger.social 24 points 1 hour ago
[-] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago
[-] aeharding@vger.social 22 points 1 hour ago
[-] otherKarl@lemmy.world 9 points 50 minutes ago

Thank you for that

[-] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 4 points 34 minutes ago

As a software dev, you are my hero!

[-] MooseTheDog@lemmy.world 15 points 2 hours ago

Zuck creating a safe-space for billionaire private jet owners on Meta isn't something I ever thought I would read, but here we are.

[-] bitwolf@lemmy.one 32 points 2 hours ago

Just make a damn website already

[-] MSids@lemmy.world 9 points 1 hour ago

It's public information transmitted over airwaves and several sites exist already. Flightradar24 and adsbexchange are the two I use, though Elon and Taylor Swift are far too boring to pay attention to when you can watch refuelers and jets instead.

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 hours ago

Seriously.

1 website that forwards data to all the social media platforms.

[-] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 hours ago

Corporate censorship. These companies are too powerful and tyrannical.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 2 hours ago

Can we do Fight Club's ending, but instead of banks, it's the corporate HQ of the 12 companies that control literally everything?

[-] mindaika@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

That would still be banks, but yes, all for it

[-] Lennny@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

Purdue, Black Rock and Vanguard own ~80% of all US stock, shortlist completed

[-] cmrn@lemmy.world 56 points 4 hours ago

This all feels very Streisand Effect. I don’t care about these accounts, but the more attempts there are to suppress them… the more they feel important.

[-] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 9 points 2 hours ago

It blows my mind that people still use Facebook. What more can Zuckerberg do before people decide to ditch his shit?

[-] ZeroTwo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Deleted mine a long time ago and life got so much better. I still have friends that use it religiously and are on it every day like their life depends on it... Crazy.

[-] 1984@lemmy.today 2 points 1 hour ago

Ordinary people use it to try and talk to their friends, while being bombarded with shit and exploited.

They also use windows that do the same thing, and probably are used to being treated like that in exchange for free stuff.

It's just we who know tech that thinks it's absurd to allow ourselves to be treated like that, by people who are awful and rich.

[-] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 1 points 13 minutes ago

They also use windows that do the same thing

[-] mbirth@lemmy.ml 30 points 4 hours ago

But when you report obvious fake accounts that merely exist for 5 days, follow 5000 people already and only have 3 followers themselves but a nice spammy link in their profile, they allegedly don’t violate any terms of services…

[-] borth@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 hour ago

The harm to people flying in private jets is much more important than spam links. According to their own "Oversight Board".

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 231 points 6 hours ago

The irony of Meta/Facebook - infamous for tracking people online - being upset about jet tracking.

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 89 points 6 hours ago

Rules and laws are only for the peasantry. Your level of freedom is proportional to your wealth, so Meta has a whole lotta Freedom™️

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[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 98 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Zuckerberg’s $300 million mega yacht may be tracked here: https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/9857511

It is currently in San Diego at Broadway Pier. Which was also confirmed by yesterday’s news of a methed up Florida man being arrested at gun point for sneaking aboard and throwing things off into the water LOL https://youtu.be/L7nnKn1W4Mw

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 hours ago

“methed up Florida man" Redundant, we all know Florida Man is always methed up

[-] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 62 points 6 hours ago
[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 28 points 6 hours ago

Seriously threads and bluesky are false promises, the rest of the fediverse might grow and innovate slowly but it is genuine growth on genuinely community owned platforms.

Bluesky and threads are visions of the past wearing the future's clothes. They are investor backed and fundamentally and irrevocably for profit ventures.

Do not be seduced into wasting your time in stuck in the past, this is a perfect reminder we already know where it will end no matter what their precariously employed devs say.

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[-] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 49 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)
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[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Now I really want to know where all of these people are going that they have to hide it from the rest of the world.

Given the risk of physical harm to individuals

Their private security details aren't enough?

[-] teft@lemmy.world 27 points 6 hours ago

Not to mention the data is publicly accessible.

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