‘My Twitter is unblocked:’ Kanye West fires off new tweet after suspension for anti-Semitic rants
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‘My Twitter is unblocked:’ Kanye West fires off new tweet after suspension for his anti-Semitic rants is lifted
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Rapper Kanye West has returned to Twitter after provoking widespread backlash over multiple anti-Semitic rants on social media last month.
In one of his first tweets since his suspension from the microblogging site, the 45-year-old rapper informed his more than 31.9 followers that he was back.
“Testing Testing Seeing if my Twitter is unblocked,” the Heartless hitmaker tweeted on Sunday.
Suspension lifted: Rapper Kanye West has returned to Twitter after provoking widespread backlash over multiple anti-Semitic rants on social media last month; seen in October
The post comes after he tweeted on Oct. 9 that he would be going “death con 3” on “JEWISH PEOPLE,” an obvious reference to Defcon, the US military defense system.
Subsequently, his Twitter and Instagram accounts were blocked and his lucrative deals with Adidas, Gap, Balenciaga and Vogue all ended abruptly – but the artist showed no remorse and refused to apologize in multiple interviews.
Last month, Musk said the father-of-three’s account had been restored ahead of his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company.
“Testing Testing Seeing if my Twitter is unblocked,” the rapper tweeted on Sunday
Not okay: The rapper, now known as Ye, was banned from Twitter on Oct. 9 and banned from Meta’s Instagram last month, and the platforms removed some of his online posts that users denounced as anti-Semitic; seen in 2020
The rapper, now known as Ye, was banned from Twitter on October 9 and banned from Meta’s Instagram.
Restricted accounts cannot post or communicate on Twitter, unlike suspended accounts that have been completely deleted.
While there were many reports that Kanye’s Twitter was back in his hands after the Musk acquisition, the Tesla CEO said it wasn’t his decision.
Controversial: Musk has criticized Twitter’s suspension policy and promised to restore the accounts of prominent figures, including Donald Trump; seen in May
“Ye’s account was restored by Twitter before the acquisition,” Musk tweeted Friday. “They didn’t consult or inform me.”
Musk took over Twitter with brute efficiency in October and began his new reign by firing top executives.
Musk has criticized Twitter’s suspension policy and promised to restore the accounts of prominent figures.
Vile: The post comes after he tweeted on Oct. 9 that he would be going “death con 3” on “JEWISH PEOPLE,” an obvious reference to Defcon, the US military defense readiness system; seen in March 2022
Among the big names booted from Twitter are Donald Trump, Roger Stone, Alex Jones, Steve Bannon, and U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.
The world’s richest man recently tweeted that “there will be no major content decisions or account recovery” without the approval of a new content moderation board that has “widely differing views.”
In honor of his purchase of the company and the new changes to come, Musk tweeted, “The bird is freed” and “let the good times roll.”