
Kanye West’s Twitter account suspended after swastika post
Shortly before West was suspended for “violat[ing] our rule against incitement to violence”, per Twitter CEO Elon Musk, reports emerged that Ye’s deal to buy conservative social media platform Parler was off
Kanye West‘s Twitter account has been suspended after he tweeted an image containing a swastika inside a Star of David.
The inflammatory post was one of many West – also known as Ye – tweeted earlier today (December 2), culminating in Twitter CEO Elon Musk confirming that West’s account would be suspended due to violating the platform’s policies “against incitement to violence”.
West posted the image after appearing on an episode of far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars.
During the appearance, the rapper praised Adolf Hitler, saying that he “see[s] good things about” the Nazi dictator who perpetrated the genocide of six million Jewish people and millions of others.
In other tweets prior to his account being suspended, Ye defended Balenciaga amid the company’s recent controversy, saying he “denounce[s] all witch hunts and I cancel cancel culture”. West called for pornography to be removed from Twitter and all other platforms, calling it “the product of [pedophilia]” and saying the “use of porn destroyed my family”.
After West’s swastika tweet was deleted, West, in anticipation of his suspension, posted a photo of Musk being hosted by Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel on a yacht, saying it would be his last tweet. Musk replied to the tweet saying that it was “fine”, but replied to the swastika post saying that was “not”.
After a Twitter user asked Musk to “fix Kanye”, the entrepreneur replied: “I tried my best. Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended.” In another tweet, Musk confirmed West’s suspension had nothing to do with the “unflattering pic of me being hosed by Ari”. Musk later tweeted “FAFO” – an acronym that stands for “fuck around and find out”