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Jack Sweeney: Troll? Stalker? Or Free Speech Hero?
Center: Jack Sweeney. (Photo illustration by The Free Press; images via Getty and Unsplash)
The college kid has gained a following by tracking celebrities’ private jet movements. He says it’s journalism. Taylor Swift calls it harassment.
By Suzy Weiss
02.28.24
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Two months ago, on December 22, Jack Sweeney, 21, was at a football game for his school, University of Central Florida, in Orlando. The college junior was trying to relax and have fun, but the Taylor Swift songs b…

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Suzy Weiss
Suzy Weiss is a co-founder and reporter for The Free Press. Before that, she worked as a features reporter at the New York Post. There, she covered the internet, culture, dating, dieting, technology, and Gen Z. Her work has also appeared in Tablet, the New York Daily News, The Wall Street Journal, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency, among others.
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