The owner of the account claims Elon Musk offered him $7,300 to shut down the account.
Twitter has shut down the account.A Twitter account that tracked flights of Elon Musk's private jet has been suspended from the platform - despite the billionaire owner speaking of his "commitment to free speech".
Mr Sweeney attracted attention with his Twitter account that tracks the movements of the Tesla CEO's plane and even rejected Mr Musk's offer of $7,300 to shut down @ElonJet, which had hundreds of thousands of followers.Mr Musk had gone public saying he would not touch the account after buying Twitter in a $44 billion deal as part of his commitment to free speech on the platform.
Mr Musk's jet "flew from LA to Austin last night after my account was suspended on Twitter," he said in an Instagram post on Wednesday.
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