Musk cancels Kanye West’s Twitter account for inciting violence

He posted an image on his profile of what looked like a swastika fused with a Star of David.
The owner of the social network Twitter, Elon Musk, canceled this morning the account of American rapper Kanye West, who currently goes by the name Ye, for inciting violence.

The cancellation was announced by Musk himself after the rapper posted an image on his profile of what looked like a swastika merged with a Star of David.

“I did my best. Despite that, he again violated our rule against inciting violence. The account will be suspended,” said the owner of the social network, in which the rapper’s profile already appears as canceled.

This is not the first time that the artist has been suspended from that social network, recently acquired by Musk.

The suspension comes after West praised Adolf Hitler in an interview published this Thursday on the far-right blog “Infowars”, in which he denied the existence of the Holocaust and made anti-Semitic comments.

West appeared with his face completely covered with a balaclava and his hands covered with gloves in that interview broadcast in streaming on “Infowars”, by the host and propagator of conspiracy theories Alex Jones.

Protagonist of headlines for years both for his music, his fashion brand or his personal life as well as for his recurring outbursts, a more unleashed Kanye West who has never set off all the alarms in recent weeks due to a string of racist comments and anti-Semites.

These comments have caused the artist to lose millions of dollars in contracts with footwear and clothing brands, which have canceled the agreements they had with the rapper.

Last week, Ye was at the residence of former United States President Donald Trump (2017-2021) in Mar-a-Lago (Florida) along with the nationalist Nick Fuentes, known for his anti-Semitic positions, at a dinner that has even been criticized. by sectors of his party, the Republican.

EFE

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