Oh, Ye. You’d think that he would learn by now. Instagram and Twitter said they have restricted the accounts of rapper Kanye West over posts slammed as anti-Semitic. Here’s what you need to know.
A spokesperson for Twitter told AFP on Sunday that West’s account was locked due to a violation of the social media platform’s policies. And a spokesperson for Instagram parent Meta told AFP the group had deleted content – without specifying which posts – from West’s account for violating its rules. Instagram also restricted his account, which may involve preventing him from posting, commenting or sending private messages, according to the same source.
Kanye West’s Social Media Accounts Get Restricted After His Latest Rant
In the tweet, which is no longer visible on West’s account, the rapper said, “I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE,” in apparent reference to a military readiness code known as DEFCON. The restrictions come after West, who now goes by Ye, stirred controversy by wearing a White Lives Matter T-shirt during the recent Paris Fashion Week, in a misappropriation of the slogan Black Lives Matter.
On Friday, 45-year-old West posted screen shots on Instagram of a conversation with rapper Diddy, who called out West over the T-shirt and its message. “Ima use you as an example to show the Jewish people that told you to call me that no one can threaten or influence me. I told you this was war. Now gone get you some business,” he wrote. The posts have since been deleted from the platform but images can still be found online.
He then said on Twitter that he would target Jewish people in a post that has been blocked by the platform for violating its rules. The American Jewish Committee (AJC) hit out at West for having “fomented hatred of Jews.”
No stranger to controversy, West, who has been open about his struggles with bipolar disorder, was previously banned from posting on Instagram for 24 hours in March, for violating company policies on hate speech, bullying and harassment. It was not made clear which of West’s posts violated Meta’s policies; however, the rapper’s suspension followed a rant that included a post in which he called South African comedian Trevor Noah a racial slur.
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