Taylor Swift has threatened to sue a student who tracks the location of her private plane

The lawyers of Taylor Swift They threatened to sue college student Jack Sweeney, who tracks their travels through the Internet.

The young man usually does the same with other figures, such as Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates.

The young student confirmed that Swift’s legal team sent him a “cease and desist” letter as a warning.

In the event that the university student does not stop following the pop star’s flights, his lawyers They will report him for harassment and threats to public safety.

Just as it happens

Jack Sweeney He learned to track airplanes from his father, who is an airline operations controller.. To do its homework, it uses public data from the Federal Aviation Administration and makes calculations on the carbon emissions of every flight it tracks.

Elon Muskthe billionaire owner of the platform He ordered the closure of his X account, @ElonJet, in December 2022.

As reported by CNN, the letter from the interpreter’s lawyers shake it off refers to a report from that outlet about the offer Musk made to the University of Central Florida student to stop publishing information about his plane.

On that occasion the programmer was offered 5,000 dollars to close his social network. The young man, however, rejected the proposal and asked for 50,000 dollars “to pay for university” or perhaps to buy a Tesla.

Taylor’s complaint

The letter submitted by Swift’s lead attorney in this matter, Katie Morrone, accuses Swift of “behavior of stalking and harassmentincluding consistently posting accurate, real-time information to the public on social media about our client’s location and where they will be in the future.”

It also ensures that”It’s a matter of life and death” for Swift, since she has countless stalkers who have stalked her and compromised her safety since she became famous more than 17 years ago.

They added that providing this type of sensitive information through social media gives Swift’s stalkers “a roadmap to carry out their plans.”

The student, for his part, told the American media that his intention was never to jeopardize anyone’s safety, and also added this everything you post is simply a collection of public information.

“I actually think Swift has some good songs,” Sweeney told CNN via email. And she added: “I believe in transparency and public information.”

The young programmer also clarified that many of Taylor’s fans follow his accounts, and that if he stopped monitoring his flights, since it is public information, it is very likely that some fast do something similar.

It is hypothesized that the scandal is due to the fact that, in recent weeks, searches for Swift’s flights have increased, due to the anticipation generated by her presence at next Sunday’s Super Bowl.

To see her boyfriend Travis Kelce act, the actress will have to travel from Tokyo to the United States in record time.