American rapper and fashion icon Kanye West has once again been suspended from Twitter, following his violation of the platform rules with his anti-semitic post.
West posted a symbol, combining a “Swastika” and a Jewish star. A Swastika is an ancient symbol in form of a black cross with each arm bent clockwise at a right angle, which was used as the emblem of the German Nazi party.
Following west display of his usual antics, a Twitter user called out the social media CEO Elon Musk for reinstating the rapper who was once suspended for anti-semitic tweets.
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The user @KimDotcom said, “You stood up for Kanye and this is how he thanks you. Ungrateful and disappointing. Sorry E.”
Musk responded by saying, “Just clarifying that his account is being suspended for incitement to violence, not an unflattering pic of me being hosed by Ari. Frankly, I found those pics to be helpful motivation to lose weight!”
Musk also disclosed that he tried his best to caution West to abide by Twitter rules, but the rapper was hell-bent on posting whatever he wanted, as he recently posted a content that violated Twitter’s rule against incitement of violence.
This is not the first time West is violating Twitter rules, as the rapper in October was suspended on the platform for a similar anti-semitic post.
Despite Musk’s support for free speech, he has however modified the kind of speech he tolerates on the platform, as he does not hesitate to suspend the account of those that violate the social media rules.
When it comes to overall moderation policy, the new Twitter owner had promised a “content moderation council” with “widely diverse viewpoints”.
Kanye West also got suspended from Instagram earlier this year for a period of 24 hours in March after using a racial slur.
His anti-semitic posts also cost him his collaboration deal with sportswear company Adidas, which saw them terminate the partnership deal.
This saw West’s net worth massively decline, as the rapper disclosed that he lost over $2 billion in a day. His antisemitism post has no doubt obliterated his net worth. According to Forbes, Kanye West’s net worth was $1.8 billion as of the first half of 2022, but since his public antisemitic rants, it dropped to around $400 million.
Also in a recent development, social media platform Parler, which styles itself as a “free speech” alternative to mainstream platforms, has stated that the rapper will no longer be able to buy the firm in which he had earlier shown interest.
In a statement, Parlement Technologies said: “The company has mutually agreed with Ye to terminate the intent of sale.”