Twitter Inc on Friday suspended the account of the artist previously referred to as Kanye West once more, simply two months since being reinstated, after Elon Musk mentioned the rapper violated the platform’s guidelines prohibiting incitement to violence.
The billionaire proprietor of Twitter, who calls himself a free speech absolutist, had welcomed the return of the rapper, now referred to as Ye, to the platform in October.
“I attempted my finest. Regardless of that, he once more violated our rule towards incitement to violence. Account shall be suspended,” Musk tweeted in reply to a Twitter person who mentioned “Elon Repair Kanye Please.”
Ye, who had greater than 30 million followers on Twitter earlier than his suspension, didn’t reply to requests for remark.
Ye’s account confirmed a discover that it was suspended, after one in every of his posts had earlier appeared to point out a swastika image inside a Star of David.
Musk has prior to now few months expressed his need to have fewer limits on content material that may be posted on Twitter. He mentioned final week the platform would supply a “basic amnesty” to some suspended accounts.
Final month, Twitter reinstated some beforehand suspended accounts, together with that of former U.S. President Donald Trump.
It was not instantly clear if Ye could be allowed again on Twitter and the corporate didn’t reply to requests for remark.
The rapper and designer has been dropped by main company companions together with Adidas AG and seen his posts eliminated by platforms similar to Instagram due to antisemitic remarks and outbursts on social media towards different celebrities.
The a number of Grammy award-winning artist additionally deserted his plans to purchase Parler lower than two months after asserting a deal for the social media platform standard amongst U.S. conservatives.
