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Meta restores Instagram and Threads account that tracked Elon Musk’s private jet

Meta temporarily suspended @elonmusksjet on both Instagram and Threads. That’s according to the account’s creator Jack Sweeney, who uses publicly available flight data to share the whereabouts of Musk’s private jet in near-real-time. Sweeney wrote on Twitter that Meta was previously aware of the account’s existence on Instagram (Threads accounts are linked to Instagram for the time being) and is hoping the suspension was a mistake on the company’s part. Engadget has contacted Meta, and a spokesperson told us that suspending the accounts was indeed a mistake. “This was an error and shouldn’t have happened. It’s been fixed,” they said.

The account seemed to have caught the attention of Meta’s moderators earlier on Friday as well. According to Engadget alum Saqib Shah, Meta removed the account from Threads “in error.”

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