Kanye West is currently lining up one provocation after the other - and receiving the corresponding consequences. Instagram first throws him off the platform before he is now also blocked on Twitter. The reason should again be an anti-Semitic statement by the rapper.
After Instagram, Twitter also blocked the account of US rapper Kanye West. A company spokesman confirmed to CNN that the musician's account had been suspended "for violating Twitter guidelines."
Twitter also deleted a tweet from the rapper. According to media reports, it was an anti-Semitic statement.
West, who now calls himself Ye, was blocked from Instagram on Friday. A spokesman for the meta corporation, which owns the social network, said content from West's account had been deleted, according to CNN. In addition, a restriction was imposed because the singer violated company guidelines. However, it did not specify what was objectionable about the content or what type of restriction was imposed.
According to the CNN report, West shared a now-deleted post on Instagram that included a screenshot of a "text conversation" with rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs. The content of the conversation was criticized by the American Jewish Committee as "anti-Jewish".
After the incident, West tweeted again for the first time in almost two years. Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who is trying to take over Twitter, immediately celebrated the return: "Welcome back to Twitter my friend!" he wrote. In addition to the post, which has since been deleted, West also wrote several tweets in which he called for support for the protests in Iran, among other things.
Before the current feud on social networks, West caused a scandal at Paris Fashion Week. Here he appeared with a shirt that read "White Lives Matter". The slogan is popular in right-wing circles to discredit the anti-racist "Black Lives Matter" movement.
West gave a rather confused explanation for his appearance with the controversial saying. "The reason I put 'White Lives Matter' on a shirt is because they do. It's obvious," he said. He also found it funny to wear the slogan as a black man. "I do things with a feeling," says West.
