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Flight tracking exposure irks billionaires and baddies

Washington (AFP) - How to upset Russian freight companies, Elon Musk, Chinese authorities and Kylie Jenner in one go?Track their jets.

AFP

'Climate criminal': Celebrities rapped over jet use

Paris (AFP) - From a 14-minute flight by Drake's private plane to Taylor Swift's carbon footprint, celebrities are struggling to shake off a firestorm over their jet emissions amid the climate crisis.

AFP

From celebrity jets to Pelosi’s Taiwan trip, flight trackers are the sleeper hit of the summer

Forget Netflix: millions are now tuning in to watch little yellow plane icons move across a map of the world

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Flying in the face of fact: are we all celebrities when it comes to emissions?

Whether you’re on a private jet or sitting at the back of a commercial plane, flying is still an elite, carbon-intensive pastime.

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Taylor Swift: claims about private jet use ‘blatantly incorrect’, says spokesperson

Swift’s plane is ‘loaned out regularly’, a representative for the singer says, amid claims she is responsible for 8,000 tonnes of carbon emissions so far this year

The Guardian - UK

‘Give people the power’: an interview with CelebJets founder — aka the man Elon Musk tried to ground

What began as a homemade bot tracking Elon Musk quickly ballooned into @CelebJets, a tool monitoring the carbon footprint of celebrities.

Crikey

A 17-minute flight? The super-rich who have ‘absolute disregard for the planet’

Kylie Jenner is far from the only celebrity to make short hops using private jets despite mounting concerns over the climate crisis

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Private jets are supercharging the climate crisis. Why don’t we care?

A private jet emits as much carbon dioxide in one hour as the average person emits in one year. So why do the wealthy persist with quick flights that help devastate the environment?

Crikey

Florida college student tracking Elon Musk’s jet doesn’t plan to stop

CLERMONT, Fla. — Here, where the Florida Citrus Tower offers panoramic views of big-box retailers and backyard pool cages built atop the former orange groves, the 19-year-old college student vexing the world’s richest man chose to meet at a Panera Bread. He dug into a bowl of macaroni and cheese.

Tribune News Service

Teen private jet tracker who irked Elon Musk stops reporting on Mark Cuban after ‘friend for life’ offer

‘You tell me what you want so that I can end this risk to my family’s safety’

The Independent UK

Why The Teen Who Tracks Elon Musk's Jet Agreed To Stop Monitoring Mark Cuban

Jack Sweeney has interacted with two of the richest people in the world in 2022, but it wasn’t exactly pleasant conversations.

Benzinga

College student who tracks Elon Musk’s plane not afraid of turbulence from Twitter purchase

While some white-knuckle over the turbulence made by billionaire Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter, one University of Central Florida student is flying high without any worry.

Orlando Sentinel

Some Celebrities Leave Twitter, Other Notables Return: What Investors Should Know

News that Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk reached a deal to acquire Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) has drawn mixed reactions from investors, Twitter users and celebrities.

Benzinga

Teen Tracking Elon Musk's Jet Shares Backup Plan 'Just In Case' His Twitter Account 'Disappears'

Jack Sweeney, the enterprising teenager who created a Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) bot to track down Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) and SpaceX CEO Elon Mus

Benzinga

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The Independent UK

What Musk's past tweets reveal about Twitter's next owner

Brash, outspoken and sometimes juvenile, Elon Musk has long been a prolific user of Twitter, the social media platform he now hopes to buy

The Independent UK

Teen who created bot to track Elon Musk’s private jet fears he’ll be banned from Twitter after takeover

“It’s hard to think that he wouldn’t do something,” the teen coder behind the jet tracking bot said

Bangkok Post

Musk spends years silencing critics, wants free speech on Twitter

If Elon Musk can take over Twitter Inc, his biggest promise is to transform it into a platform for free speech with few restrictions — something he calls “essential to a functioning democracy.” But Musk, who is famously sensitive to criticism, has a mixed record on championing the cause.

The Street

Elon Musk Takes a Trip That Doesn't Bode Well for Tesla's Rivals

The billionaire is to usher in a new era for the manufacturer of electric vehicles in Europe.

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Track Elon Musk's Jet with a Twitter bot

The account started by a teenager has been keeping tabs on Musk's private jet since 2020 using public ADS-B data

Miami Herald

He was tracking Elon Musk’s jet. Now this Florida teen has moved on to Vladimir Putin

MIAMI — Jack Sweeney may be going places.

Irish Mirror

Teenager who tracked Elon Musk's jet is now tracking Russian oligarch movement

The 19-year-old uses publicly available air-traffic information that he says allows him to "reveal what business is going on"

The Guardian - US

Teen who tracked Elon Musk’s jet turns his attention to Russian oligarchs

Jack Sweeney has amassed 162,000 Twitter followers on a new account monitoring the private jets of billionaires and tycoons

The Street

Elon Musk Jet-Tracking Teen Turns His Sights on Russian Oligarchs

Jack Sweeney is now tracking the private jets of Russian oligarchs.

Daily Mirror

Teenager who tracked Elon Musk's jet starts following Russian oligarch planes

Jack Sweeney, 19, said he launched the account @RUOligarchJets after being inundated with requests Russia's wealthiest have been slapped with severe economic sanctions

The Independent UK

Teenager who tracks Elon Musk’s private jet says he might stop in exchange for a new Tesla

Jack Sweeney, 19, said he didn’t want to give up a fun hobby without getting something that would ‘change his life’

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