Meta Suspends Personal Jet Tracking Accounts of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Other Celebrities | TechCrunch

Instagram and Threads accounts that track the private jets of celebrities including Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Kim Kardashian, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Kylie Jenner were suspended Monday, according to the owner of many such accounts, Florida college student Jack Sweeney. Meta told TechCrunch that these accounts violated its privacy policy citing “risk of physical harm” against individuals.

Links to Instagram/Thread accounts tracking the flights of former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other celebrity accounts produced an error message Monday night, saying, “The link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed.” Sweeney's account tracking Taylor Swift's jet was disabled on Friday.

“Given the risk of physical harm to individuals, and as recommended by the Independent Oversight Board, we disabled these accounts for violating our privacy policy,” a Meta spokesperson said in an emailed statement to TechCrunch.

Sweeney posted from his personal account, “Today feels like December 15, 2022”, referring to Elon Musk permanently suspending his @ElonJet account from Twitter.

In May, US President Joe Biden signed a bill allowing private airline owners to anonymize their registration information. However, Sweeney says tracking high-profile individuals is still easily possible, with tips from other flight-tracking enthusiasts.