This is what Twitter is now defining as "doxxing people's location." A factual piece of reporting about the company blocking a competitor. Can't do anything until I delete it.

The link in this tweet - t.co/X8n9xSRld9 - just referred to itself. The tweet included two screenshots (below) but no direct link to @elonjet or the flight-tracking data at ADS-B Exchange. The tweet does not break the rules, unless there is a new rule saying you can't acknowledge that flight-tracking data exists on the internet.

For anyone wondering, I'm still unable to access Twitter until I delete this tweet, which is factual journalism that doesn't even break the location rule Twitter enacted a few days ago. The account isn't marked as suspended anymore, but I can't use it or see tweets from people I follow. Using Mastodon exclusively for now and actually really enjoying it.

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@drewharwell This issue really has me split.. on the one hand its just public data.. on the other it is clearly doxxing, which by its very nature is the exposure of public data... I'm not sure if it makes me rethink the idea of doxxing as an evil or what...

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