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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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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week 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.

[–] LockheedTheDragon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Are there any communities on Lemmy that do anything similar?

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I think !billionaire@lemmy.ca can be used for this purpose even though it’s currently just to complain about them. That would be a better utilization

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[–] rzadkie@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago

I mean... SAM would track them better than any account!

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