17 after he had changed its policies and slashed Twitter’s workforce. 2 - just days after Musk took over - and again on Nov. The ADL said that in its role as a “trusted flagger” of antisemitic tweets, it reported two batches to the company on Nov. Musk has said he wants to avoid permanent bans and that speech should be allowed so long as it doesn’t break the law in the countries where Twitter operates.īut Musk is now under pressure to clean up Twitter after changes he made following his purchase of the platform resulted in what watchdog groups say is a rise in racist, antisemitic and other toxic speech.Ī report published Friday by the Anti-Defamation League said Musk’s moves have empowered extremists on the platform. Twitter’s longtime practice before Musk took over was to suspend offending users temporarily and to escalate that to a permanent ban only if they kept breaking the rules. Ye was suspended from Twitter in early October after saying in a post that he was going to go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE.” His account was reinstated by the end of the month just as Musk took control of the company, but the billionaire tweeted that “Ye’s account was restored by Twitter before the acquisition. The sportswear manufacturer has also launched an investigation into his conduct. Ye’s remarks have led to his suspension from social media platforms, his talent agency dropping him and companies like Adidas cutting ties with him. On Thursday, Ye praised Hitler in an interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
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Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has made a series of antisemitic comments in recent weeks. Account will be suspended,” Musk tweeted. Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Twitter CEO Elon Musk confirmed the suspension by replying to Ye’s post of an unflattering photo of Musk. It is the second time this year that Ye has been suspended from the platform over antisemitic posts. In October - prior to Musk’s takeover the company - West was suspended after tweeting that he was going “death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE.” Musk reinstated the account - only to later implement the suspension.Twitter has suspended rapper Ye after he tweeted a picture of a swastika merged with the Star of David. West has been suspended by Twitter twice in the last few months alone for espousing anti-Semitic views.
Kanye West’s Twitter account is currently suspended. West posted the offensive image just hours after making a bizarre appearance on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ “InfoWars” program.Ĭlad in a hood that covered his entire face, West repeatedly expressed his adoration for Nazis and Adolf Hitler while appearing alongside white supremacist Nick Fuentes. Elon Musk on Friday said Twitter has again suspended Kanye West's account, following the rapper's tweet of a symbol that included a swastika as well as an unflattering photo of the. While West’s tweet was determined to be an incitement of violence, Musk asserted that a post about the history of World War II that included photos of Nazi imagery would likely not violate guidelines. The Twitter CEO indicated context was another key factor in determining whether a post violated the company’s policies. Kanye West made an unhinged appearance on “InfoWars.” Info Wars “I think posting swastikas in what is obviously not a good way is incitement to violence,” he added. You can’t just form a ‘let’s go murder someone’ club,” Musk said. “That was my decision, because at a certain point, you have to say, what is incitement to violence? Because that is against the law in the US. Musk, a self-proclaimed free speech “absolutist,” also elaborated on the reason he decided to suspend Ye’s account. In November, Musk had lifted a suspension on West’s account for a previous anti-Semitic remark.
Under the billionaire’s leadership, Twitter has notably lifted suspensions on thousands of accounts - including that of former President Donald Trump. Musk commented on West’s suspension in response to a question from a participant who asked how Twitter would balance “freedom of expression” on the platform against content moderation practices. Elon Musk said West’s tweet violated a policy against incitement to violence. That’s not cool,” Musk said during a question-and-answer session on “Twitter Spaces” on Saturday. “I personally wanted to punch Kanye, so that was definitely inciting me to violence. The suspension came after West posted an alarming photo of a swastika inside a Star of David as part of an unhinged series of tweets. West was suspended from Twitter for violating the company’s policy against “incitement of violence” last week. Twitter CEO Elon Musk didn’t mince words when asked about his personal reaction to Kanye West’s latest anti-Semitic post on the social media site.
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