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☆ Jeff Bezos is selling one of his private jets for $39 million after upgrading to the newest Gulfstream G700
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Taylor Rains | Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementJeff Bezos' Gulfstream G650ER private jet is for sale for about $39 million. A Gulfstream G650ER, registered N271DV, is listed for about $39 million on the aviation marketplace Controller. Washington state records from 2004, when the firm was created, show that Bezos owns the company. Data from the aircraft-tracking website JetSpy shows that the listed private plane is one of four owned by Bezos. Inside a Gulfstream G650ER like the one Bezos owns.

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“Any disputes Musk has with his critics should play out in the court of public opinion, not a court of law,” Terr said. Musk and representatives at X did not respond to requests for comment on his calls for prosecution. Musk and X have sometimes found allies among members of Congress or state attorneys general who have launched investigations. “The First Amendment obviously protects both Musk and his critics in making public pronouncements about each other,” he said in an email. The feud between Musk and the Center for Countering Digital Hate has continued.

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☆ Elon Musk's private jet has landed in Florida following report he'll be watching election results with Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Madeline Berg | Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Donald Trump megadonor Elon Musk's private jet has landed in Florida. AdvertisementElon Musk's private jet has landed in Florida, where the billionaire will reportedly watch the election results roll in with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. After flying from Austin to Cameron County, Texas — where SpaceX is located and Musk said he voted — earlier this afternoon, Musk's private jet landed in West Palm Beach, according to jet-tracking service Jetspy. On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that Musk, a Trump megadonor, was to spend election night with Trump, citing three sources with knowledge of Musk's schedule. Sweeney told Business Insider that Musk's jets were easily identifiable because Musk's jet continued broadcasting its call sign.

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☆ Almost anything goes on social media — as long as it doesn’t make billionaires feel even a little bit unsafe
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —The billionaires who control social media want to be clear about what’s OK to post online and what’s not. For X (formerly Twitter), just about anything goes, including neo-Nazi propaganda, crypto scams and porn (as long as it’s labeled properly). Anyone can do the same thing — Sweeney just made it slightly more convenient. It’s just not clear that Meta cares as much about its users’ privacy and wellbeing as it does about Zuckerberg’s. At a Senate hearing in January, Zuckerberg apologized to families who said their children had been harmed by social media.

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☆ A college student who tracks Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg's private jets says his Threads accounts have been suspended
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jack Sweeney's Threads accounts that track the flight paths of private jets have been suspended. AdvertisementJack Sweeney, a college student who tracks the private jets of several high-profile people, including Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, says his Threads accounts have been suspended. He said he received no warnings or communications from the Big Tech company before the accounts were suspended. AdvertisementThe college student first made headlines in 2022 after Musk offered him money to stop publicly sharing his flight information. In December 2022, Sweeney's jet-tracking accounts were suspended by X. Musk, who took over the social media company months earlier, called the accounts a "physical safety violation."

Persons: Jack, Elon Musk, Taylor Swift, —, Jack Sweeney, Mark Zuckerberg, Sweeney, Kim Kardashian, Donald Trump, Zuckerberg, Swift, Musk Organizations: Meta, Service, Elon, Big Tech, Meta's, Business, US Federal Aviation Administration, Twitter, University of Central, X Locations: University of Central Florida, Orlando

☆ The Trump Organization unveiled a Boeing 737 to fly running mate JD Vance along the campaign trail
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The Trump Organization unveiled a private plane to fly running mate JD Vance. The leased Boeing 737 was emblazoned with the words 'Trump' and 'Vance' on the fuselage. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementJust hours after Donald Trump selected JD Vance as his 2024 running mate, the Trump Organization unveiled the Boeing plane that will fly the VP candidate along the campaign trail. The names "Trump" and "Vance" and the slogan "Make America Great Again!"

Persons: JD Vance, Trump, Vance, Jack Sweeney, —, Donald Trump Organizations: Trump Organization, Boeing, Eastern Air Express, Service, Trump Force

☆ Jeff Bezos' 3 private jets are worth $140 million and include 2 Gulfstream G650ERs alongside a hangar in Seattle
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-19 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The world's second-richest person owns three private jets, according to public records seen by Business Insider and data from JetSpy. AdvertisementThe cabin of a Gulfstream G650ER. The light business jet with 10 seats was manufactured in 2020 and usually costs about $9 million. How Bezos' jets are kept privateProving Bezos' ownership of the jets isn't simple. A Gulfstream G650ER.

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☆ Twitter employees monitored Elon Musk's jet-tracking account to see when he'd be in the office
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Twitter staff also took to watching a social-media account that tracks Musk's planes, according to a new book about the company. Musk's jet travels made Sweeney's jet-tracking account @Elonjet more active than ever. Musk also reached out directly to Sweeney about the jet-tracking account. AdvertisementSince then, the college student has set up an account on the site that posts Musk's flight data with a 24-hour delay. The college student also posts flight data associated with other celebrities, including Taylor Swift and Mark Zuckerberg.

Persons: —, Elon, Musk, Jack Sweeney —, Kurt Wagner, Wagner, Elon Musk, Sweeney, he'd, Lars Moravy, Andrej Karpathy, Parag Agrawal, Agrawal, Vijaya Gadde, Jack Dorsey, Alex Spiro, Dorsey, Taylor Swift, Mark Zuckerberg, Grimes Organizations: Service, Twitter, Bloomberg, Business, SpaceX, Tesla, Gulfstream, Super, University of Central, University of Central Florida Locations: San Francisco, Texas, California, University of Central Florida

☆ The short trips Taylor Swift's jet takes are getting mocked on social media. Some of the flights might not be what you think.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Taylor Rains | Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewTaylor Swift is getting roasted for her private jet trips — and some of them might not even be hers. Jack Sweeney, the college student known for tracking Swift and other celebrities' aircraft on social media, posted on X via the account dedicated to tracking Swift's jet: "These short flights are likely maintenance or demo flights." AdvertisementA private jet linked to Taylor Swift took two short flights on January 30. Courtesy of JetSpySwift still owns another private jet, a Dassault 7X. AdvertisementSwift has tried to mask her private jet travelsIt's far from the first time Swift has faced criticism for her jet travel.

Persons: —, Taylor Swift, Stogna, Swift, Jack Sweeney, JetSpy Swift, Louis, Van, Bob Hope, Travis Kelce, Charles B, Swift's, She's, Sweeney Organizations: Service, Business, Dassault Falcon, Federal Aviation Administration, Google, Dassault, Nashville, Bob Hope Airport, BI, Chiefs, Wheeler, Airport, PIA Locations: Stogna Bologna, @1000waystoRy, Illinois, Missouri, St, Las Vegas, Burbank , California, Nashville, Los Angeles, Van Nuys, Kansas City, Kansas

☆ It looks like Taylor Swift will make it to the Super Bowl after all
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-11 | by ( Hannah Getahun | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

It arrived from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport to Los Angeles' LAX airport moments after 3:30 p.m. local time. Fans arrive at the Tokyo Dome, for the Taylor Swift concert, as part of the "Eras Tour" Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, in Tokyo. It’s so romantic," said office worker Hitomi Takahashi, 29, who bought matching Taylor Swift sweatshirts with her friend and took photos just outside the Tokyo Dome. Business Insider reported that the jet-setting starlet downsized from two planes to one plane. Representatives for Swift did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When it comes to dealing with a Florida college student who uses public data and social media to track the private jets of billionaires, politicians and other celebrities, Taylor Swift apparently can't just shake it off. In that message, he emphasized that while he has never intended to cause harm, he also believes strongly in the importance of transparency and public information. “One should reasonably expect that their jet will be tracked, whether or not I’m the one doing it, as it is public information after all,” he wrote. A spokesperson for Swift echoed the legal complaint, saying that “the timing of stalkers” suggests a connection to Sweeney's flight-tracking sites. At one point Sweeney had more than 30 such accounts on Twitter, now known as X after Elon Musk purchased the site for $44 billion in 2022.

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☆ Taylor Swift threatens legal action against Florida student
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Attorneys for Taylor Swift are threatening legal action against the Florida college student who tracks the private jets of celebrities and public figures, including Swift. Jack Sweeney confirmed to CNN on Tuesday that he received a cease-and-desist letter threatening legal action from attorneys for Swift over the social media accounts he runs that track Swift’s flights. Sweeney is the same person who famously drew ire from billionaire Elon Musk for tracking his jet travels online. Sweeney told CNN over email that he received the letter from Swift’s attorneys after headlines that scrutinized the singer’s carbon footprint. Sweeney also told CNN that he never intended any harm with his actions, noting that he is compiling “public information.”“I actually think Swift has some good songs,” Sweeney added.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Swift, Jack Sweeney, Sweeney, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Musk, ” “, ” Sweeney, “, ” Organizations: CNN, Florida, Washington Post, Twitter, Federal Aviation Administration

☆ Elon Musk says Taylor Swift should be concerned about the college student who tracks celebrity jets
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Taylor Rains | Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk weighed in on Taylor Swift's concerns about jet tracking. Musk, who has spoken out against the student who tracks his jet, said Swift should be "concerned." "Taylor Swift is right to be concerned." Taylor Swift is right to be concerned. Sweeney told BI he's never meant any harm to the people whose jets he tracks, but created the accounts because he believes in "transparency and public information."

Persons: Elon Musk, Taylor, Swift, —, Taylor Swift, Jack Sweeney, Sweeney, Musk, Ian Miles Cheong, — Elon, stalkers, Donald Trump, Mark Zuckerburg Organizations: Elon, Service, University of Central Florida, Federation Aviation Administration, FAA

☆ Taylor Swift quietly downsizes to one private jet
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Grace Kay | Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Swift has faced backlash for her private jet usage in the past. AdvertisementTaylor Swift is down to one private jet. Up until January, the pop star had two private jets: the Dassault 900 and a Dassault 7X. The Dassault 7X is still registered to Island Jet Inc., a holding company listed under the same address as Taylor Swift Productions. In 2022, Swift topped a list of celebrities with the most private jet carbon emissions.

Persons: Taylor, Swift, —, Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Swift's, Jack Sweeney, Sweeney Organizations: Service, Dassault Falcon, Federal Aviation, SATA, Taylor Swift Productions, FAA, Dassault, Business Jet, Dassault 7X, Island Jet Inc, BI, PIA, Washington Post Locations: Nashville, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, St, Louis , Missouri, Baltimore, Tokyo, Las Vegas

☆ Taylor Swift threatened to sue the college student who tracks her private jet
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Grace Kay | Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementTaylor Swift has threatened to take legal action against the college student who tracks her private jet and manages social-media accounts that publish its flights. Sweeney told BI that he appreciates Swift's music and has no intention of harming those he tracks. Advertisement"I think the people are interested," Sweeney told BI over text. Swift has faced backlash for her private jet travel, even topping a list of celebrities whose private planes emitted the most carbon in 2022. Swift's spokesperson previously told BI the singer had purchased carbon credits to offset her jet use.

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☆ Tesla to settle lawsuit over mishandling hazardous waste in California
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Lora Kolodny | In Lorakolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Tesla will pay a fee of $1.5 million to settle a civil lawsuit alleging the company mishandled hazardous waste materials at facilities throughout the state of California for years. District attorneys representing the people of 25 California counties had filed their lawsuit, The People of the State of California v. Tesla Inc., earlier in the week in a state court in San Joaquin County. The suit also alleged that Tesla frequently failed to properly label containers of hazardous materials that it generated, used or stored at its facilities, and failed to train employees in proper handling of hazardous waste. In addition to the settlement fee, Tesla will need to "comply with a detailed injunction for five years," according to the statement. The audits will continue for five years and involve inspections of Tesla's trash containers for hazardous waste, the statement from Jenkins said.

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☆ Elon Musk's SpaceX seemingly bought a Boeing 737 with a strange livery — and nobody appears to know why
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementElon Musk's SpaceX has seemingly bought a Boeing 737 that used to belong to Air China, records show. Related storiesThe Federal Aviation Administration's registry shows the jet's owner is Falcon Aviation Holdings LLC. Unexpected visitor at LAX: A Boeing 737-800 with a distinctive livery, registered under Falcon Aviation Holdings LLC. #aviation #avgeek #airplanes #planespotting pic.twitter.com/mf6I29kt26 — AIRLINE VIDEOS (@airlinevideos) January 25, 2024Falcon Aviation Holdings took ownership of the 737-800 back in July, according to data from Planespotters.net. Most of them are owned by Falcon Landing LLC.

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of X Elon Musk speaks during the New York Times annual DealBook summit on November 29, 2023 in New York City. Elon Musk on Sunday reinstated the account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on X, formerly Twitter, reneging on a year-ago vow to keep Jones off the social network. Users of the Elon Musk-led X social media platform had anticipated the reinstatement of Jones since at least Thursday, when Musk said he would consider reinstating Jones. Musk said Jones "cannot break the law," but that if he does spread misinformation, X's community notes feature will correct him. X has allowed Tate to monetize his account and Tate has said that he generated tens of thousands of dollars on X, previously.

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☆ Elon Musk says his kids' safety is at risk unless a Texas judge restricts access to his custody battle with Grimes
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Elon Musk filed new documents in Texas court asking a judge to restrict access to his custody battle. Attorneys for Musk want a judge to issue a protective order before he agrees to sit for a deposition. Musk also asked a judge to suspend public access to documents in the case, arguing the potential risk to his children outweighs any public interest in the high-profile custody battle. AdvertisementMusk was first to strike, however, quietly suing Grimes in Texas court in September to establish a "parent-child" relationship with the kids. AdvertisementA protective order would guarantee the information Musk reveals during a deposition remains private and inaccessible to the public, Melcher added.

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☆ The college student who tracks Elon Musk's private jet made Forbes' 30 Under 30 list
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jack Sweeney was included on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for consumer technology. AdvertisementJack Sweeney, the college student who made headlines for tracking Elon Musk's private jets, achieved another milestone on Tuesday when he was included on Forbes' 30 Under 30 list. The 21-year-old University of Central Florida student was listed on Forbes' list of entrepreneurs in consumer technology. The college student told BI he plans to continue working on and improving his jet-tracking projects. I’m honored to have made it on the Forbes 30 Under 30 for Consumer Tech.

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☆ Elon Musk appears to have given up on trying to camouflage his private-jet travels with an FAA program used by Jeff Bezos and Taylor Swift
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Grace Kay | Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Last year, Elon Musk stopped using an FAA program allowing jet owners to fly incognito, JetSpy said. REUTERS/Aly SongThe FAA launched the PIA program in 2019 and has issued 390 alternate ID codes since the program began, an FAA spokesperson told Insider. Musk used his first alternate ID through the PIA program about a month later. The incognito registration number also doesn't prevent Sweeney from tracking the private jet via ADS-B Exchange, a public flight-tracking database. AdvertisementAdvertisement"The PIA program limits the ability to identify an aircraft in real-time using inexpensive, commercially available receivers," an FAA spokesperson told Insider.

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☆ Private jets can be tracked. Here are all the sneaky ways billionaires can still fly unseen.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Sweeney also publicly tracked the personal jets of celebrities like Donald Trump, Taylor Swift, and Mark Zuckerberg. Its easier to hide on a chartered business planeLVMH CEO Bernard Arnault on board his private jet between Beijing and Shanghai. The FAA can make tracking more difficult, but it's not foolproofPuma/Jay Z's jet tracked on ADS-B Exchange with LADD indicator. Basically, this allows private aircraft owners to request the Federal Aviation Administration redact their tail number from public tracking. This means companies that use federal data to track commercial and general aviation flights, like FlightAware and FlightRadar24, will not display LADD-identified planes.

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☆ Elon Musk jet-tracking account moves to Twitter rival Threads
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

And Sweeney continues to tweet under a personal account, using it to announce the move of ElonJets to Threads. The first Threads post on the elonmusksjet account was one announcing that ElonJet had landed on Threads, followed by one asking Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg if the account could stay. But the elonmusksjet account was temporarily blocked, according to a posting on Sweeney’s personal Threads account, which included a screenshot of message he received from Threads telling him the elonmusksjet account was active once again following a requested review. “Sometimes we need to take action to help keep our community safe.”Since then the Threads account has tracked one Musk flight, from Austin to Brownsville, Texas three days ago. Sweeney also operates a separate Threads account called zuckerbergjet, but it has yet to track any flights since it went live on Threads at the same time elonmusksjet did.

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☆ Suspended Twitter account tracking Elon Musk's jet moves to Threads
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 8 (Reuters) - Jack Sweeney, the creator of an account tracking Elon Musk's private jet in real time, has moved to Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter-rival Threads after being suspended from Twitter last year. read Sweeney's first post on Thursday from the account handle @elonmusksjet, which had over 21,000 followers as of Saturday morning. ElonJet has tracked the movements of Musk's private jet using data available in the public domain. In December Twitter Inc, owned by Musk, suspended the ElonJet account, with the billionaire threatening legal action against the account's operator after saying his son had been mistakenly followed by a "crazy stalker". Sweeney, Twitter and Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

Persons: Jack Sweeney, Elon, Mark Zuckerberg's, ElonJet, Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez, Representative Alexandria Ocasio, Sweeney, Meta, Jyoti Narayan, Chizu Organizations: Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter, Twitter, Musk, Democratic U.S, Representative, Thomson Locations: Cortez, Bengaluru

☆ Jack Sweeney, the ElonJet college student who got under Elon Musk's skin, has moved his private jet tracking operation to Meta's Threads
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jack Sweeney, who got suspended on Twitter for tracking Elon Musk's private jet, is now on Threads. He plans to update the @ElonMusksJet Threads account manually until he can get an auto-post function going. Jack Sweeney, the college student who had his Twitter accounts suspended for tracking Elon Musk's private jet, hasn't given up on his plane-tracking operation. Sweeney told Insider that he plans to make posts manually, and hopes Meta will allow auto-posting on Threads down the road. His efforts drew widespread attention, with the suspended Twitter account @ElonJet garnering nearly 500,000 followers.

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