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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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Given the risk of physical harm to individuals

Their private security details aren't enough?

[-] teft@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago

Not to mention the data is publicly accessible.

[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Those rich fuckers can fly commercial like the rest of us. Upgrade to first and business class and suck it up.

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[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 13 points 3 days ago

Billionaires are celebrities now? Like that's true for Taylor Swift, but Bezos?

[-] gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

i guess celebritiy just means how well a person is known about/what for around the world, most people know about jeff bezos

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[-] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago

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

[-] 1984@lemmy.today 5 points 3 days 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.

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[-] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 20 points 3 days ago

You're a bootlicker if you're on threads, simple as

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[-] uebquauntbez@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Freeze Speech ftw!

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 7 points 3 days ago

Damn look at these parasites demanding privacy!

Hmmmm

[-] reksas@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 days ago

the accounts should be used to inform where the tracking information is collected to instead of being the sole container for it. Never trust that anything you do is safe on corporate servers

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