By Kanishka Singh3 Min ReadWASHINGTON (Reuters) -Kanye West’s Twitter and Instagram accounts had been restricted over the weekend, with the social media platforms saying they eliminated the rapper’s posts after on-line customers condemned them as anti-Semitic.FILE PHOTO: Kanye West on stage throughout the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, U.S., August 28, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonHe was first locked out of his Instagram by Facebook mother or father Meta Platforms Inc on Friday after which he took to Twitter, the place he tweeted on Saturday for the primary time in two years.West’s first publish on Twitter since 2020 was a blurry picture of the rapper and Meta Platforms founder Mark Zuckerberg singing karaoke. The tweet stated: “Look at this Mark How you gone kick me off instagram.”West then tweeted: “You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda.” That publish, during which he stated he wasn’t anti-Semitic, has been eliminated by Twitter because of a violation of its insurance policies. His account was additionally locked, a Twitter spokesperson confirmed on Sunday.The step by Twitter Inc to lock the rapper’s account was noteworthy as a result of billionaire Elon Musk, who has stated he would purchase Twitter and calls himself a free speech absolutist, had welcomed West’s return to the platform and replied to a publish by the rapper tweeting: “Welcome back to Twitter, my friend!”West has additionally beforehand made erratic on-line posts. Earlier this yr, he was suspended from Instagram for twenty-four hours after he directed racial slurs at comic Trevor Noah.Before he took to Twitter early on Saturday, West, who has legally modified his identify to Ye, had his Instagram account suspended after a since-removed publish during which he invoked anti-Semitic tropes, accusing a musician of being managed by “the Jewish people.”The firm stated on Saturday non permanent restrictions on posting, commenting and messaging had been imposed on West’s Instagram account.The suspension comes days after German sporting items maker Adidas stated it has put below assessment its enterprise partnership with West.CNBC, which first reported the information, stated West had been publicly vital of Adidas and its CEO and instructed the broadcaster that the German group was copying his concepts. Adidas has been partnering with West since 2013, CNBC stated.Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; enhancing by Diane CraftOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.