Twitter and Instagram lock Kanye West's accounts after a weekend of antisemitic posts

Twitter and Instagram lock Kanye West's accounts after a weekend of antisemitic posts



Kanye West’s return to Twitter has been short-lived. Less than a day after Elon Musk welcomed him again to the platform, the rapper noticed his account suspended for posting an antisemitic message. On late Saturday night time, West, who goes by Ye now, stated he would go “death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE.” In the identical message, West defended himself, suggesting he wasn’t antisemitic as a result of “black people are actually Jew.”

According to BuzzFeed News, it took a while earlier than Twitter eliminated the hateful tweet. However, as of Sunday, it’s now not potential to see the message on West’s timeline. “The account in question has been locked due to a violation of Twitter’s policies,” an organization spokesperson instructed Engadget.

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The suspension comes after West’s Instagram account was equally restricted by Meta. In a put up that has since been deleted, West shared a screenshot of a message he despatched to Sean “Diddy” Combs the place he implied the rapper was being managed by a bunch of highly effective Jewish folks, stories NBC News. 

The American Jewish Committee condemned the put up and feedback West made throughout an interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson earlier within the week. “The habits exhibited this week by Kanye West is deeply troubling, harmful, and antisemitic, interval,” the group stated on Twitter. “There is no excuse for his propagating of white supremacist slogans and classic antisemitism about Jewish power, especially with the platform he has.”

After his Instagram suspension, West took to Twitter to lash out at Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. That put up remains to be on the platform.

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