As she faced criticism from various sources for her enormous carbon footprint, Taylor Swift was particularly upset about her airplane habits being monitored. Jack Sweeney, a college student from Florida, tracked numerous celebrities, including Swift, as they traveled by air. "I try to share everyone's info, no matter who it is," Sweeney told the BBC, but Swift didn't care and legally demanded he stop.
In December 2023, Sweeney received a cease-and-desist letter from Swift's legal team, citing the tracking as a critical matter for her safety, as reported by The Washington Post. Notably, Sweeney's social media accounts posting Swift's flight data were soon disabled by the platforms. However, Sweeney added to the BBC, "Her fans, who have grown the [@taylorswiftsjets] accounts and subreddit, are the ones truly interested." Despite this, Swift didn't want her flight routes supervised, even though that's already done by the Federal Aviation Administration. In addition to having her carbon emissions scrutinized, Swift's legal threats to Sweeney sparked an online debate.
In a Reddit thread discussing the case, one user wrote, "It's public info that's already out there; there's not much she can do, but threatening a college kid over this is just cruel. What a way to point the focus on her carbon footprint, though." Another person commented, "This ain't it, Taylor... I love the music, but your billionaire status will eventually turn you into a villain."
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