Almost anything goes on social media — as long as it doesn’t make billionaires feel even a little bit unsafe | CNN Business
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The billionaires who control social media want to be clear about what’s OK to post online and what’s not.

Social media platforms like Meta and X (formerly Twitter) tolerate a wide range of content but restrict public tracking of celebrities’ private jet routes, citing privacy concerns.

Meta suspended accounts run by Jack Sweeney, who used public data to track jets of prominent figures like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, highlighting privacy risks for powerful individuals.

The article points out the irony of Meta’s selective privacy enforcement, given its ongoing issues with protecting users from harmful content like disinformation and predatory behavior.

  • Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    27·
    11 days ago

    Wonder if data brokers get info on billionaires too. Let’s normalize exposing everything billionaires do by buying their data, and presenting it to the world

    • mx_smith@lemmy.world
      20·
      11 days ago

      Oh yes, they have lists of famous people whose data is removed, in fact the big data company I used to work for had a whole team dedicated to keeping these lists updated.