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From https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-info...

"live location information, including information shared on Twitter directly or links to 3rd-party URL(s) of travel routes, actual physical location, or other identifying information that would reveal a person’s location, regardless if this information is publicly available;"

Posting links to other websites that may enable sharing Elon's location is now a bannable offense.

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I would probably add that sharing anybody's live location is now a bannable offense. While the timing of rule change is clearly Elon case-driven, the rule itself makes sense to me: we wouldn't want to broadcast people's live physical location to all kids of people on the Internet, would we?

Of course it‘s a good rule.

It is also at the same time contrary to everything he‘s said before about how he would run twitter - hell, he called this account out specifically as one he would not ban because he is oh so committed to free speech.

It will also not be enforced against anyone except if you‘re sharing the location of Elon, of a billionaire buddy of his, or kick up enough of a stink that it‘s a PR issue.

LibsofTikTok should be banned then. The problem with this "rule" is it's only for Elon's location, not everyone else. It's okay if you harass people at an adults only drag show but you can't harass Elon.

Ah ok. I guess maybe this change kicked in after they posted.

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