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The counterargument is that elonjet is only tweeting information that is already very public.

Elons Jet, by law, must openly broadcast, over the radio waves, location and route while operating. There is a legal right to publish that information. If he doesn’t want people to know his location, he can avoid traveling on the one private jet linked to him. But that’s not what he’s doing.

His child being followed by someone wanting to meet him has literally nothing to do with the location of his jet.

This is an emotional reaction to a situation that only affects him.



And given the massive negative PR some of his decisions have garnered lately, and his thin skin about them (just today he claimed that the booing at the Dave Chappelle show is because "people weren't letting him speak"), I take this vague claim which has only tangential relevance to the stalking with a grain of salt.

"Pursuing legal action against Sweeney"? Not criminal action against the stalker?

No video, not with all the cameras?

Proof that alleged stalker got the information from that Twitter account, and not FlightRadar24, or even the FAA?

Yeah, I would be unsurprised if it turned out that this was all just horse manure to try to provide cover for his decision.


He may not know yet who the stalker is. Which would be a pre-requisite to pursue a legal action.


Perhaps his security guys called 911, but so far LAPD says they have no record of the event. I'm wary of trying to draw any conclusions about the event absent some independent confirmation.


I'm not sure police would be eager to investigate "some guy followed me" type of complaint. Of course, if the complainer knows the right people, they would. But Musk is squarely in the "wrong people" corner with the powers that run LA now, I think, so not sure he'll get a lot of help from LAPD on this.


I think police take calls from pro security guards at least somewhat seriously, not least because a lot of cops do private security work on the side.


The guy was obviously a process server trying to serve papers. Billionaires get served papers all the time.

For all the drama Elon is creating he has refused to register a complaint with the police. He is going after everyone but the process server.




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