Elon Musk jet tracking account moves to Meta's Threads amid Twitter ban

The creator of a Twitter account that was banned on the platform for tracking the movements of Elon Musk’s private jet has taken his jet tracking to Twitter-rival Threads.

Jack Sweeney, a student at the University of Central Florida, created a number of automated Twitter accounts to track the private jets belonging to prominent individuals like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and former President Donald Trump by using publicly available air traffic data. His "Elon Musk’s Jet" Twitter account was suspended in December 2022 following Musk’s takeover of the social media platform.

"ElonJet has arrived to Threads!" proclaimed Sweeney’s first post on Threads shortly after the platform launched. The new account, which has the handle @elonmusksjet, had more than 65,000 followers as of midday Sunday and noted a flight from Austin to Brownsville, Texas.