Twitter Chief Executive Elon Musk said late Thursday that Kanye Weir was in danger after the rapper and fashion designer tweeted an image of the swastika inside the Star of David. Ster will have his Twitter account suspended. gentlemen. Musk said the post violated social media rules against inciting violence.
The tweet was deleted shortly before Mr. West’s account is no longer accessible. His page was quickly replaced by a hashtag: “Account Suspended”.
In this way, the controversy provoked by Mr. West — aka Ye — and his barrage of anti-Semitic comments on social media. Instagram blocked him after he suggested on the platform that the rapper Sean Combs, known as Diddy, was controlled by Jews. Ye also lashed out at Jews via Twitter.
Twitter’s indefinite suspension came on the same day Ye appeared on a podcast hosted by Infowars conspiracy broadcaster Alex Jones, during which he told Mr. Jones, “I like Hitler.”
The swastika tweet was part of a series of posts that included praise for French luxury brand Balenciaga, which terminated its professional relationship with Ye in October over her anti-Semitic remarks. Balenciaga, who has collaborated with Ye on runway shows and other fashion projects, has recently faced controversy of her own over allegations of condoning child exploitation.
Before being suspended, Ye also tweeted a photo of Mr. Zhang. Musk gets doused on the yacht.
“That’s fine,” said Mr. Musk responded to the photo on Twitter. “This is not,” he wrote in a post about the swastika, confirming Ye’s suspension.
“He again violated our rules against inciting violence,” Mr. Musk added. “Account will be suspended.”
After Ye posted an anti-Semitic tweet in October, Twitter restricted the account he was using and Twitter deleted the tweet. Users of restricted accounts cannot post or interact on the platform, but unlike suspended accounts, their past tweets that have not violated company rules will remain visible on the service.
After being shut out of Twitter, Ye agreed to buy Parler, a social media outlet popular with right-wing audiences. On Thursday, the company said it had “reached an agreement with Ye” to end his acquisition.
Ye’s restrictions on Twitter were lifted on October 10. 29. One action gentlemen.musk says Twitter took over before he bought the company.
gentlemen. Musk has said his approach to content moderation is: “When in doubt, let the speech exist.” He also said Twitter would “form a content moderation committee with broadly diverse perspectives.”
He reinstated accounts suspended for spreading misinformation, including those of former President Donald J. Trump and Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Green. He also said he would “amnesty” accounts suspended by the company’s previous leadership.