A BOT that tracks Elon Musk’s private jet has surfaced on Meta’s newest social media app Threads.
The account was created by college student Jack Sweeney and originally appeared on Twitter.
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Now, Sweeney has introduced the latest version of the account on Meta’s Threads app.
The account goes by the handle @elonmusksjet and, as of Monday, has garnered more has 83,000 followers.
“ElonJet has arrived to Threads!” Sweeney posted in the Threads account on Thursday.
In a second thread, the college student asked Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg if he would be allowed to stay on the app.
Sweeney likely inquired because the Twitter version of the account has been banned in the past.
The account works by using publicly available data to track the movements of Musk’s Gulfstream G650ER private jet.
It reveals information like the whereabouts of the jet, its altitude, and its speed.
What’s more, Sweeney’s account links to a separate Threads account dedicated to tracking Zuckerberg’s jet.
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However, that account (@zuckerbergjet) hasn’t shared any live information yet.
Still, The Verge reports that Sweeney has been tracking the movements of Zuckerberg’s jet on Instagram for a while.
Sweeney also tracks the movement of several other billionaires’ private jets.
These include those of Bill Gates, Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos, and even reality television star Kim Kardashian.
Last fall, the Musk jet-tracker account got suspended on Twitter after the SpaceX founder accused Sweeney of endangering his life by sharing his jet’s location in real-time.
“Any account doxxing real-time location info of anyone will be suspended, as it is a physical safety violation,” Musk said in a tweet in December.
“This includes posting links to sites with real-time location info,” Musk added.
However, he noted that “posting locations someone traveled to on a slightly delayed basis isn’t a safety problem, so [it’s] ok.”
The 21-year-old college student began tracking Musk’s jet in 2020 because he was a fan of his.
