Elon Musk suspended Kanye West’s Twitter account after he spewed antisemitic messages. Musk told Mega founder Kim Dotcom that Ye’s account was suspended for “incitement to violence,” not for publishing an “unflattering” photo of him.
West tweeted a Nazi swastika and Star of David earlier today. Soon later, he announced on Truth Social that his Twitter was locked. Musk later explained that he “did his best” to get West to respect Twitter guidelines, but the rapper still posted violent content, resulting in a ban.
Musk tweeted “FAFO” to end the saga.
FAFO
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 2, 2022
West has broken Twitter rules before. His account was suspended in October for antisemitic posts. He still hasn’t learned.
Last night, West appeared on Alex Jones’s Infowars and praised Hitler. House Judiciary Republicans deleted their tweet from October 6 that said “Kanye. Elon. Trump”
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!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 2, 2022
Parler later claimed Ye wouldn’t buy the company.
Parlement Technologies and Ye have decided to end the sale of Parler, according to a statement. Ye bought the social network for an undisclosed amount in October.
Twitter wrote a blog indicating it’s devoted to constructive dialogue under “Twitter 2.0” and hasn’t modified its policies. The business has modified procedures for account verification and a waiting period for new Twitter Blue accounts. Musk also granted a “wide amnesty” to previously suspended accounts.
In October, Twitter’s new owner pledged a “content moderation council” with “different opinions” No news there. Musk has talked about becoming a “free-speech absolutist” and making Twitter a “public town square,” yet he’s only mentioned suspending violent accounts.
I tried my best. Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 2, 2022
