Taylor Swift followed in Elon Musk’s footsteps to avoid surveillance on her private jets

Jack Sweeney He has become a nightmare for celebrities and millionaires thanks to the social media accounts he uses to track his private jets. Over the past few hours, the 21-year-old, who has made headlines in the past for his short circuits with Elon Musk, revealed that Taylor Swift threatens to sue him for tracking her flights.

Via Reddit, Sweeney shared the cease-and-desist letter that Taylor Swift’s lawyers sent her in late December. Through it, he was informed that he must unfollow and delete all content from the Instagram and Threads accounts he used to monitor the artist’s private jets in real time.

According to the letter, the young man had until December 26, 2023 to cease his actions. Otherwise you will be subject to legal action. “If you continue to publish information that threatens the safety of our client, she will have no choice but to use all legal resources at her disposal. We will not hesitate to escalate this issue as necessary,” they told her.

Taylor Swift (and her lawyers) are against accounts tracking her private jets

It is still unclear why Jack Sweeney decided to release the letter from Taylor Swift’s lawyers now. Like he said Washington PostThe above believes that the message from the singer’s legal representatives was an attempt scare and intimidate him for him to give up his activities.

It’s worth noting that, in addition to Elon Musk and Taylor Swift, Sweeney has accounts dedicated to tracking other private jets. Such are the cases of Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Donald Trump and Kim Kardashian, among others. “The information is already in the public domain. Her team believes they can control the world,” the 21-year-old said, referring to the singer’s threat to sue.

In a letter obtained by Sweeney, Taylor Swift’s lawyers accused him of committing “stalking behavior”. In addition, they pointed out that the exchange of information in real time about the artist’s flights poses a threat to the safety of herself and her environment. In addition, lawyers said that the singer lived in a “state of fear” due to several previous episodes with stalkers.

“While this may be a game for you or a way for you to hope to gain fame and fortune, for our client it is a matter of life and death,” the legal representatives said.

Sweeney continues to track the artist’s flights, but not in real time

The Instagram and Threads accounts mentioned in the document are no longer active. However, Jack Sweeney maintains an X (Twitter) profile where he continues to post updates about flying on Taylor Swift’s private jet. Yes indeed The profile is not automated and does not publish data in real time.. As happened with Elon Musk, the information was shared on @SwiftJetNextDay He has a 24 hour delay.

According to the description in this profile, Taylor Swift regularly travels on two private jets. A Dassault Falcon 7X 2009 and Dassault Falcon 900 1991 However, in recent days Sweeney himself public that the artist sold the second plane.

Jack Sweeney’s actions raise differing opinions. The young man defended himself by ensuring that uses publicly available information provided by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), as well as data spotters and aviation enthusiasts. The company also confirmed that its reports never mention who travels on the planes, but rather what routes they fly, how long they take, how much fuel they use and approximately how much carbon dioxide emissions they produce.

However, some members of the public, such as Taylor Swift’s lawyers, believe that careful monitoring and disclosure of this type of data may lead to exploitation by criminals. Even if its original intention is purely informational. Let’s not forget that Elon Musk announced that he would sue Sweeney after an incident that endangered the safety of one of his children.

In fact, the mogul supported Taylor Swift’s stance and called Sweeney a “terrible person.” And the young man was not slow to answer him. “Let’s remember that you offered me $5,000 to stop. You also threatened to sue me, and here we are, a year later.” public Today.