Elon Musk Bought Twitter to Settle His Jet-Tracking Beef, New Book Claims

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Elon Musk Bought Twitter to Settle His Jet-Tracking Beef, New Book Claims
gizmodo.com
  • Elon Musk purchased shares of Twitter after unsuccessfully petitioning the CEO to remove a Twitter account tracking his private jet.
  • Musk's personal gripes played a key role in his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.
  • Musk banned the account after promising not to, highlighting his prioritization of getting his way over free speech.

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What stopping someone from recreating this on mastodon or any other website?

There is nothing special about Twitter which allowed people to track this jet.

The guy running it did just that.

Musk's actions are hilarious and pathetic. Anti censorship hero censored... Public data.

I think it's really about visibility. If you don't have the same visibility as twitter, you can have this wherever, it doesn't matter.