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Taylor Swift joins Elon Musk in trying to silence student who tracks celebrity jets


The student still likes Swift’s songs.

Taylor Swift’s attorneys have threatened legal action against Jack Sweeney, a college student who has attracted the ire of celebrities and billionaires over his social media accounts that share publicly available information about private jet landings and takeoffs. The accounts share information that’s already publicly available through the Federal Aviation Administration and signals that private jets broadcast, which Sweeney has made easier to access by posting on social media. He runs multiple accounts across Threads, Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, and other social media platforms dedicated to Musk and other public figures’ flight data.

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