Elon Musk ignited a firestorm of bad publicity on Wednesday when Twitter suspended @ElonJet, which posted Musk’s flights on the platform using publicly available information.

The account was created by Jack Sweeney, who also had his personal Twitter account as well as other flight tracking accounts banned / suspended.  This came off as rather hypocritical as Musk bills himself as a champion of free speech and had previously said “My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following my plane, even though that is a direct personal safety risk.”

Seemingly after the fact, Twitter updated its rules to say “Our primary aim is to protect individuals from potential physical harm as a result of their information being shared, so we consider information such as physical location and phone numbers to be a higher risk than other types of information. We define ‘live’ as real-time and/or same-day information where there is potential that the individual could still be at the named location.”

Musk himself tweeted, “Real-time posting of someone else’s location violates doxxing policy, but delayed posting of locations are ok.”  Users of his own site then took him to task by adding context to his tweet and pointing out that “publishing flight records is protected under the First Amendment.”

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That’s a lot to take in and it’s just scratching the surface, but the bans seem to have been sparked by an incident involving an alleged stalker.  In a tweet, Musk said “Last night, car carrying lil X [one of his sons] in LA was followed by crazy stalker (thinking it was me), who later blocked car from moving & climbed onto hood.”  He added, “Legal action is being taken against Sweeney & organizations who supported harm to my family.”

Initial reports have indicated that Sweeney hasn’t been served and NBC News reported that the “Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department were unable to confirm that any report was made without more information.”

That being said, Musk posted a video of the alleged stalker asking “Anyone recognize this person or car?” The video doesn’t provide any context, but it shows a young man dressed in black with his face partially covered by a mask.  He’s sitting in an apparent parking lot, behind the wheel of a Hyundai Kona. 

After exchanging some words, the person filming the incident walks around to the front of the vehicle and records the license plate. This would seemingly make the discussion about the driver’s identity a moot point as police could easily identify them, assuming the vehicle wasn’t stolen or the plates weren’t switched.

While there are more questions than answers, Musk’s security concerns are likely justified as he’s the second richest person in the world and is one of the best-known executives in history.  As a result, it wouldn’t be surprising if he has to deal with stalkers as do numerous celebrities and politicians.