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1. barbar+Ae[view] [source] 2022-12-16 03:00:08
>>prawn+(OP)
> Update: Musk just weighed in on the suspensions, characterizing them as intentional. “Same doxxing rules apply to “journalists” as to everyone else,” he tweeted in a reply.

> It’s worth noting that the policy these accounts violated, a prohibition against sharing “live location information,” is only 24 hours old.

It seems like a good rule, but in this case the application of the rule seems less impersonal than it could be

Let’s try to make a comment that creates less outrage than most…

This is why it would be interesting to post public information about politicians collected from the online spyware that tracks all of us. It would rapidly motivate new laws that at least somewhat improve privacy.

This always happens when rule makers are personally affected by a problem: the problem starts getting attention

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2. Goofba+uh[view] [source] 2022-12-16 03:15:48
>>barbar+Ae
Those journalists weren't reporting specific locations of his jet...they were reporting on a legit news story about it. Musk didn't like it so the journalists are now banned.

The dude is truly off his rocker now. The "rules" are whatever he makes up on the spot. He's self-destructing before our eyes...no longer the richest man in the world. Telsa stock tanking all because he can't STFU and acts like a spoiled 12 year old.

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3. Natura+Gl[view] [source] 2022-12-16 03:37:09
>>Goofba+uh
>Those journalists weren't reporting specific locations of his jet...they were reporting on a legit news story about it.

Come on now. They were linking directly to the tracker that Sweeney was banned for, not just reporting on the story about it.

It was a childish petulant doxxing on purpose and they got treated the same as Sweeney.

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4. Malloc+wm[view] [source] 2022-12-16 03:42:51
>>Natura+Gl
His jet's location isn't doxxing and the public has a legitimate interest in it.
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5. kcplat+Tp[view] [source] 2022-12-16 04:04:24
>>Malloc+wm
People keep saying that yet no one has been able to define to me what “legitimate interest” the public has for tracking a private plane. I don’t believe one exists.

If you are sure of yourself, do a little experiment. If you truly believe it’s legitimate, why not just buy an AirTag and hide it on a person’s car…perhaps a local well known business owner. Create a website that publishes the live location of the vehicle. Let us know here how that goes for you.

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6. jjav+qv[view] [source] 2022-12-16 04:40:09
>>kcplat+Tp
> People keep saying that yet no one has been able to define to me what “legitimate interest” the public has for tracking a private plane. I don’t believe one exists.

If you have an objection to this tracking, you'd have to take it up with the FAA. Because the legitimate interest is that the rules require airplanes to transmit this information any anyone is free to listen to it.

Which is a great thing for aviation safety, so I'm glad the rules exist.

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7. zoklet+TE[view] [source] 2022-12-16 05:46:41
>>jjav+qv
Yes but creating a page to broadcast the location of an individual is weird and not ok. Why does it matter that it's trivial and legal to do?
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8. jonath+aP[view] [source] 2022-12-16 07:03:38
>>zoklet+TE
> weird and not ok

I mean, that particular individual is in turn weird and not okay.

But who am I to say? And what does it matter if something is weird and not okay? Lots of things fit that bill, and that doesn't mean they shouldn't exist.

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9. zoklet+Ki1[view] [source] 2022-12-16 11:31:02
>>jonath+aP
If you owned a website like Twitter it would be perfectly fine for you to ban users for posting that information.
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10. arrrg+0D1[view] [source] 2022-12-16 14:14:27
>>zoklet+Ki1
Sure (in certain jurisdictions). But is that good policy?

Obviously not.

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11. zoklet+ZN1[view] [source] 2022-12-16 15:07:08
>>arrrg+0D1
I don't see anything wrong with it. The jet kid can create his own website
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