KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 7): Twitter Inc owner Elon Musk has vowed that he would not ban Twitter @ElonJet, a bot built by Jack Sweeney, a student at the University of Central Florida, using public data that tracks the flight plans of all planes — including Musk’s 2015 Gulfstream G650ER.
The tracker does not show who is on board during the flights, but aspects of Musk’s travel were confirmed by his public appearances, interviews and tweets.
“My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following my plane, even though that is a direct personal safety risk,” the world’s richest man tweeted on Monday (Nov 7).
The Washington Post last Friday quoted Sweeney as saying that Elon’s takeover had definitely brought more interest to his account.
Sweeney also calculates how much jet fuel each leg uses and its CO2 emissions.
Meanwhile, Reuters reported that Musk said on Sunday that Twitter users engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying it as a "parody" account will be permanently suspended without a warning.
In a separate tweet, Musk said Twitter previously issued a warning before suspension, but as Twitter is rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning as well as "no exceptions".
"This will be clearly identified as a condition for signing up for Twitter Blue," Musk said, adding any name change at all will cause temporary loss of the verified checkmark.
Twitter on Saturday updated its app in Apple's App Store to begin charging US$8 (RM37.95) for sought-after blue check verification marks, in Elon Musk's first major revision of the social media platform.