Kanye West Gets Suspended From Twitter For Inciting Violence, Musk Says

West had "violated our rule against incitement to violence", Musk tweeted.

Damjan

• Published in Interesting
• December 5, 2022

Just two months after his last ban, Kanye West has been barred from Twitter and accused of "inciting violence" for obscene posts. The American rapper, now known as Ye, sent out a string of erratically timed tweets, one of which looked to combine a Jewish star with a swastika.

One user begged Elon Musk, the new CEO of Twitter, to "fix Kanye." West had "violated our rule against incitement to violence," Musk tweeted.

"Account will be suspended," Musk wrote in a Twitter post.

Also on Thursday, while wearing a mask and speaking with American conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, West lauded the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and ranted about sin, pornography, and the devil. "Repulsive and sickening" was how the head of the Holocaust Educational Trust in the UK described West's remarks."

These comments mixed with his high profile and huge following have dangerous consequences," chief executive Karen Pollock said. Adidas severed its relationship with musician Kanye West after he made a slew of antisemitic and racist comments in recent months.

After posting antisemitic remarks in October, West had his Twitter and Instagram accounts temporarily suspended. Both websites took down West's postings after discovering they broke their hate speech standards and claimed rapper Diddy was under Jewish influence.

These tweets were a response to criticism he received for wearing a "White Lives Matter" T-shirt during his presentation during Paris Fashion Week. His term was labeled "hate speech" by the Anti-Defamation League in the US, which said that white nationalists started using it in 2015 in reaction to the Black Lives Matter movement.

In March of this year, West received a 24-hour Instagram ban for using a racial slur in reference to comedian Trevor Noah.

When rapper Kanye West suggested that the centuries-long enslavement of African-Americans may have been a "choice" in 2018, musician Will.i.am spearheaded a reaction against him. West then attempted to explain his comments.

His most recent Twitter suspension came only hours after the right-wing social media site Parler, which bills itself as a "free speech" alternative to popular platforms, announced that West was no longer allowed to purchase the business.

In a statement, Parlement Technologies said: "The company has mutually agreed with Ye to terminate the intent of sale."

West had "violated our rule against incitement to violence", Musk tweeted.

The company, which manages the much smaller platform that is well-liked by conservatives and the extreme right, said that the choice was made in the middle of November.

"Parler will continue to pursue future opportunities for growth and the evolution of the platform for our vibrant community," the firm said in its statement.

West was initially banned from Twitter and Instagram after posting antisemitic messages in October.

When Musk assumed ownership of Twitter in October, he set out right once to make a number of drastic changes within the social media behemoth, including eliminating the restrictions on some accounts. He has emphasized that he had no involvement in getting West back on Twitter, claiming that the account had already been reinstated when he first bought the social media site.

West has openly discussed his struggles with his mental health since receiving a bipolar illness diagnosis many years ago. However, medical professionals and those who have the same illness as West have cautioned that mental health issues and antisemitism are not related.

Damjan