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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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[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Corporate censorship. These companies are too powerful and tyrannical.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Lennny@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

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

[–] MooseTheDog@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

You didn't...?

Why not?

[–] LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org 29 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Given the risk of physical harm to individuals

Their private security details aren't enough?

[–] teft@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

Not to mention the data is publicly accessible.

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I just took an 80min flight recently. For shits I looked at the first class upgrade option. It cost three times as much as my coach ticket. I hate flying, and I think airplanes are cramped and very uncomfortable, but I can't imagine choosing to have a tiny bit bigger seat for an 80min flight over buying two other people tickets or supporting a charity or just buying extra drugs that week. The amount of disposable income or pathological obsession with status to flagrantly make the choice to buy a first class ticket astounds me.

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[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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 1 week ago (2 children)

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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[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 7 points 1 week ago

Damn look at these parasites demanding privacy!

Hmmmm

[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week 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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