Mike Masnick ✅Dec 14, 2022

So, yeah, if we take these two stories in combination: Elon is (a) demanding that everyone who uses Twitter hand over their live location info to him and (b) has now banned anyone from posting the live location of anyone.

https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/14/twitters-big-ad-plan-violate-both-ftc-consent-decree-california-privacy-law-to-force-users-to-hand-over-info-for-ad-targeting/

https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/14/elons-promise-not-to-ban-account-tracking-his-jet-didnt-last-very-long-at-all-also-bans-guys-personal-account/

Twitter’s Big Ad Plan: Violate FTC Consent Decree, California Privacy Law & EU Privacy Laws To Force Users To Hand Over Info For Ad Targeting

The good folks over at Platformer broke the news that Twitter is experimenting with Elon’s desperate attempt to make money: forcing people to “opt-in” to share personal info so th…

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Show threadjohn r red-horse

@mmasnick

@glynmoody These two things do not conflict.

He wants your data to sell, but he doesn't want others to track him and his friends when they're on their private jets.

Dec 14, 2022 at 11:04pmWeb
Show threadpyromechanicalDec 15, 2022
@jrredho where elon's jet is was already public information, literally the only thing that the bot does is tweet when things change. the only thing that's changed here is that he's exercised his pettiness over someone calling his shit.
Show threadjohn r red-horseDec 15, 2022

@pyro
I agree (and knew that)! There was thick sarcasm in my post.

Carry on!

Show threadpyromechanicalDec 15, 2022
@jrredho ahh, my mistake! Sarcasm is hard to read when you've seen an unusually large number of people talking exactly like that in the past month -.-