this post was submitted on 22 Oct 2024
555 points (99.3% liked)

Technology

58814 readers
4599 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Jack Sweeney, who gained notoriety for his @ElonJet account on X and maintained many of the suspended accounts, said on Threads that the development is “reminiscent of all my accounts getting suspended on Twitter.” The shuttered accounts, which used publicly available data to show the flight paths of private jets, initially displayed a message on Monday that read, “The link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed.”

Meta provided no direct warning or explanation for the suspensions, according to Sweeney, who says the accounts appear “blacked out with no options to interact or receive information.” In a statement to TechCrunch, however, an unnamed Meta spokesperson said “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.”

top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Chozo@fedia.io 8 points 1 hour ago

@elonjet@mastodon.social is still functional, for those who want to follow from the Fediverse.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 23 points 2 hours ago

This is why we need to bring back the old internet, not this corposhit.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 60 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

you know where this wouldn't happen?

Mastodon.

[–] aeharding@vger.social 44 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 19 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] aeharding@vger.social 51 points 3 hours ago (4 children)
[–] Shortstack@reddthat.com 1 points 6 minutes ago

Thanks for making a great app purple man

[–] otherKarl@lemmy.world 18 points 2 hours ago

Thank you for that

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 hours ago

As a software dev, you are my hero!

[–] pirat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Just curious – which app is that? Seemingly not Eternity, as I'm using that, and you do not appear purple in here, but I'm always interested in exploring alternatives to the apps I'm using.

[–] RightEdofer@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 hour ago
[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 4 points 1 hour ago

Voyager AKA WefWef AKA The Best™️

[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 37 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Just make a damn website already

[–] MSids@lemmy.world 13 points 3 hours ago

It's public information transmitted over airwaves and several sites exist already. Flightradar24 and adsbexchange are the two I use, though Elon and Taylor Swift are far too boring to pay attention to when you can watch refuelers and jets instead.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 hours ago

Seriously.

1 website that forwards data to all the social media platforms.

[–] MooseTheDog@lemmy.world 20 points 4 hours ago

Zuck creating a safe-space for billionaire private jet owners on Meta isn't something I ever thought I would read, but here we are.

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 27 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Corporate censorship. These companies are too powerful and tyrannical.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 8 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Can we do Fight Club's ending, but instead of banks, it's the corporate HQ of the 12 companies that control literally everything?

[–] mindaika@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

That would still be banks, but yes, all for it

[–] Lennny@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

Purdue, Black Rock and Vanguard own ~80% of all US stock, shortlist completed

[–] cmrn@lemmy.world 70 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

This all feels very Streisand Effect. I don’t care about these accounts, but the more attempts there are to suppress them… the more they feel important.

[–] SirMaple__@lemmy.world 13 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 21 minutes ago

Some pictures make me want to cheer for erosion.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 13 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

It blows my mind that people still use Facebook. What more can Zuckerberg do before people decide to ditch his shit?

[–] ZeroTwo@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Deleted mine a long time ago and life got so much better. I still have friends that use it religiously and are on it every day like their life depends on it... Crazy.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Ordinary people use it to try and talk to their friends, while being bombarded with shit and exploited.

They also use windows that do the same thing, and probably are used to being treated like that in exchange for free stuff.

It's just we who know tech that thinks it's absurd to allow ourselves to be treated like that, by people who are awful and rich.

[–] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

They also use windows that do the same thing

[–] mbirth@lemmy.ml 31 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

But when you report obvious fake accounts that merely exist for 5 days, follow 5000 people already and only have 3 followers themselves but a nice spammy link in their profile, they allegedly don’t violate any terms of services…

[–] borth@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 hours ago

The harm to people flying in private jets is much more important than spam links. According to their own "Oversight Board".

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 266 points 8 hours ago (26 children)

The irony of Meta/Facebook - infamous for tracking people online - being upset about jet tracking.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 hour ago

It's not even tracking... Tracking is what the FAA does, and makes publicly available. These accounts are just publishing the already-public information.

Fuck every one of these shitty billionaires. Fly commercial if you don't want to be tracked publicly.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 101 points 8 hours ago

Rules and laws are only for the peasantry. Your level of freedom is proportional to your wealth, so Meta has a whole lotta Freedom™️

load more comments (24 replies)
[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 113 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

Zuckerberg’s $300 million mega yacht may be tracked here: https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/9857511

It is currently in San Diego at Broadway Pier. Which was also confirmed by yesterday’s news of a methed up Florida man being arrested at gun point for sneaking aboard and throwing things off into the water LOL https://youtu.be/L7nnKn1W4Mw

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 hour ago

I wish he did more damage. Fuck these billionaires and their 300 million dollar yachts. Most Americans are struggling to buy groceries.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 18 points 6 hours ago

“methed up Florida man" Redundant, we all know Florida Man is always methed up

[–] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 69 points 8 hours ago (4 children)
load more comments (4 replies)
load more comments
view more: next ›