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.”

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    1 month ago

    Discord is an alternative to IRC, the fact that people use it as a replacement for forums is baffling

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      Not baffling, infuriating, we’ve all gotten lazier over time and we want everything in one place.

      Thing is, when we were on forums and IRC, we only had to play by the rules of the admins… Now we’re under the thumbs of corporations…