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The flight tracker account led to a dangerous situation for his toddler son. Any father would do the same thing.
by hgdfhgdfhgdfbgf 4y ago
The flight tracker account led to a dangerous situation for his toddler son. Any father would do the same thing.
- richbell 4y agoThis is demonstrably false; Elon didn't even file a police report. > Sweeney said he hasn't received any notification of legal action, and the last time his bot tweeted anything was Dec. 12, "which is not last night, so I don’t get how that’s connected.” https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/twitter-suspends-elon-jet-account-that-tracked-elon-musk-plane-rcna61718 https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/twitter-suspe... Did you really create a new account just to spread misinformation?
- Laaas 4y agos/spread misinformation/spread what they believe to be true/
- richbell 4y agoIndeed, though not necessarily mutually exclusive. I have personally seen the claim debunked on numerous platforms almost immediately after it was made, however, I concede that someone else may not have been exposed to that yet.
- dmix 4y agoHe's fighting a wave of Striesand Effect and he knows it (by tweeting https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603576251125362688 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603576251125362688) This approach won't solve the problem. Especially for a celebrity. Twitter's censorship was dumb before, but this is equally or even dumber by being so prominent and kicking the bees nest.
- generj 4y agoHe claims it did. But there’s no evidence the dangerous situation happened at all (and even the counter evidence of there being no police report). He’s previously lied about another son dying in his arms (to justify not unbanning Alex Jones) so it’s very feasible the entire incident is made up. The last flight tracker post was several days before the alleged incident. Totally unclear what link exists between the flight tracker and the alleged incident, unless an ADS-B transponder is on the car and the car is flying. Even if there was a link, a dedicated stalker is perfectly capable of retrieving the flight information themselves from government websites or other tracking websites. Elon hasn’t even asked for it to be restricted information - which just requires asking the FAA, most flight tracking websites voluntarily comply with the list as well, though not all. That would be a reasonable first step to make, along with privately discussing the incident with the account holder.
- Laaas 4y agoSource for claim about lying about son dying in his arms?
- memish 4y agoNot likely a lie. False memories are not uncommon with traumatic events like a child's death. I'd give anyone a pass on that one and give the benefit of the doubt.
- generj 4y agoThat’s a very fair point. Also possible his ex-wife had a false memory as well. I’m reading too much of my disbelief Elon is a good parent into that story. I think I am retroactively applying modern Elon (weird breeder thing, arguably abusive child naming, repeated attacks on his daughter) to an earlier stage of his life. And that’s also not likely fair or accurate to who Elon was at the time his son died.
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- kevinmchugh 4y agoShould Taxi Driver be banned because it led to a dangerous situation for Ronald Reagan?
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- Herbstluft 4y agoMusk is not a trustworthy source of information.