The attention on the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has increased a thousandfold since he completed his acquisition of Twitter. He has been hyper-active on the microblogging platform in the last few days, tweeting about the changes he is bringing to Twitter.
Musk’s attempt to make changes in Twitter has been subjected to widespread criticisms, which has accused him of trying to suppress free speech on the social media platform. However, the 51-year-old has maintained his stance that he is not trying to suppress free speech.
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The new Twitter CEO decided to tweet on the same on Sunday night, November 6, when he wrote that he is committed to the freedom of speech, which is why he is not banning the account which has been following his private plane, despite it being a risk to his safety.
“My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following my plane, even though that is a direct personal safety risk,” Musk tweeted.
The SpaceX and Tesla CEO was referring to a college student, Jack Sweeney, who has been running an account that follows the private jet of Elon Musk. The account has garnered more than 500,000 followers.
“Elon Musk, for example, has a Gulfstream and there’s only so many people that fly that particular plane out of Brownsville, Texas and fly to the same airports,” Jack Sweeney told Business Insider recently.
Meanwhile, Elon Musk reportedly offered $5,000 to Sweeney for deleting the account, however, the student turned it down.
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Sweeney also revealed that he recommended Elon Musk use an FAA program for changing the ICAO identifier every month. He also revealed that after their conversation, Musk made an application to get a temporary aircraft registration number for flying incognito.
Elon Musk has also said that he wants Twitter to become the “most accurate source of information” across the globe and termed it his mission.
“Twitter needs to become by far the most accurate source of information about the world. That’s our mission,” he tweeted.