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Meta Suspends Celebrity Jet-Tracking Accounts

Instagram and Threads accounts that share updates on movements of private jets owned by moguls and celebrities such as Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Kim Kardashian, Taylor Swift and Kylie Jenner have been suspended.

Jack Sweeney, the Florida college student who coded many of the jet-tracking bots on social media platforms confirmed the development.

A Meta spokesperson said that the suspended accounts violated its privacy policy. “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.”

Jet trackers on X were banned in December 2022 after Sweeny butted heads with Musk, Last week Taylor Swift also sent Sweeney a cease and desist letter for tracking her flights during the Eras tour after she got a flood of bad press over the huge carbon footprint of her frequent private air travel.

In May, U.S. president Joe Biden signed a bill that allows private aircraft owners to anonymize their registration information. However, Sweeney has said tracking high-profile individuals is still easily doable, including through tips from other flight-tracking enthusiasts.