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Taylor Swift Slammed for Threatening to Sue College Student Who Tracks Her Private Jet
Breitbart ^ | 02/07/2024 | SIMON KENT

Posted on 02/07/2024 6:25:08 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Taylor Swift has drawn criticism over a cease-and-desist letter her lawyers sent a college student who uses publicly available flight data to track her private jet usage.

As Breitbart News reported, the target of the threatened law suit runs social media accounts that follow her and other celebrities’ private jets to measure their carbon pollution levels — with Swift calling the issue a matter of “life or death.”

Jack Sweeney, 21, received the missive in December which declared the 14-time Grammy award winner would “have no choice but to all legal remedies” if the accused did not stop his “stalking and harassing behavior.”

Can't handle accountability! https://t.co/KzZIMHevfg

— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) February 7, 2024

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KEYWORDS: college; plane; slapp; swift; taylornonetooswift; taylornottooswift; taylorswift; tracks
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Poor thing...(s)
1 posted on 02/07/2024 6:25:08 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The kid is doing nothing illegal. He’s taking publicly available flight information and consolidating it. Something you or I could do, but he makes it a click easier. And he’s done this with other celebrities and never been sued. Why? It’s not illegal. You can put a creepy stalker spin on it if you are so inclined, but it’s not illegal.

I think her goal is to swamp him with legal fees and make him back down.


2 posted on 02/07/2024 6:34:11 AM PST by BBQToadRibs2
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To: BBQToadRibs2

How Deep State of her...


3 posted on 02/07/2024 6:34:41 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There is a nice compromise to this issue. The student will agree to not publicize the travels of these private jets if Taylor Swift and the others he tracks agree to stop publically talking about climate change. If they make a statement, then he resumes tracking.


4 posted on 02/07/2024 6:35:20 AM PST by Cautious Optimism
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To: ChicagoConservative27

She commands an army of millions. A snap of her fingers and a hoard of Swifties will take care of this guy.


5 posted on 02/07/2024 6:37:03 AM PST by OldHarbor
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To: ChicagoConservative27

When I first heard this, I thought safety may be an issue. But I didn’t realize he was looking at her carbon usage. Maybe a compromise is not releasing the info until she is back in the United States.


6 posted on 02/07/2024 6:38:04 AM PST by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If it’s legal, it’s legal.


7 posted on 02/07/2024 6:40:01 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

In these days of swatting crimes, time to change tracking info legalities.


8 posted on 02/07/2024 6:42:42 AM PST by George from New England
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In these days of swatting crimes, time to change tracking info legalities.

I'd start with punishing criminals to the full extent of the law.

9 posted on 02/07/2024 6:45:35 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: BBQToadRibs2

Anybody with a computer can access FlightAware. What’s the big deal?


10 posted on 02/07/2024 6:51:15 AM PST by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Also, many plane owners have their plane information blocked on Flightaware, so, it cannot be tracked. If she did not do that, then that is on her.


11 posted on 02/07/2024 6:55:46 AM PST by Ez2BRepub (don't know)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hey swift... drama queen much?


12 posted on 02/07/2024 6:58:37 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Ez2BRepub

Doesn’t Taylor Swift actually have a stalker that has threatened her?
You would think she would block this flight information if it was legal to do that.


13 posted on 02/07/2024 7:01:04 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And now more people than ever know about nit and can access it, because she couldn’t keep her bigmouth shut.


14 posted on 02/07/2024 7:01:35 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: OldHarbor

She’ll just send Travis to kick his Azz after the Super Bowl.


15 posted on 02/07/2024 7:04:34 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Show Business is property of the public, once published, portrayed, enacted, or broadcast.


16 posted on 02/07/2024 7:08:10 AM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: Ez2BRepub

“Also, many plane owners have their plane information blocked on Flightaware,”

Didn’t know that. Makes sense. Thanks!

I’m going to block tracking on my Gulfstream G800.


17 posted on 02/07/2024 7:12:39 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: Ez2BRepub

That’s only true if the operator chooses to use PIA rather than ADS-B Out via LADD. And that only works within the US. Once these globe-hopping hipsters leave FAA boundaries the plane must again transmit is ICAO identification code…and whoopsie! Busted!


18 posted on 02/07/2024 7:21:42 AM PST by bigbob
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To: 1Old Pro

When LEO can’t track the swatters then its time to change what data/info is made public. I won’t use Google to track my family. Geek son has a way to privately track our phones and even AirTags without any Apple tools.


19 posted on 02/07/2024 7:26:47 AM PST by George from New England
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To: metmom

Just the latest example of the Streisand Effect.

It’s kind of like shouting “Don’t look at me!” in a crowded room.


20 posted on 02/07/2024 7:27:05 AM PST by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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