Ye suspended from Twitter after swastika post - NBC News

After making antisemitic comments and praising Hitler connected Thursday, the rapper Ye has been suspended from Twitter.

The relationship for Ye, formerly known arsenic Kanye West, work arsenic "account suspended" aboriginal Friday.

Twitter proprietor Elon Musk said it would beryllium suspended aft a station connected Ye's relationship Thursday nighttime showed an representation that appeared to amusement a swastika wrong a Star of David. The station was past blocked by Twitter for violating its rules.

Musk wrote connected the level that the suspension was "for incitement to violence." The magnitude of the suspension was not instantly clear.

Ye's suspension comes astir a period aft the multibillionaire Musk, who has described himself arsenic a “free code absolutist," bought Twitter for $44 billion.

Earlier Thursday, Ye sat down for an interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, successful which Ye made antisemitic comments, referred to “the Jewish media” and said, “I spot bully things astir Hitler, also.”

Ye wore a achromatic full-face disguise successful the interview. White supremacist Nick Fuentes was besides connected the program, which was livestreamed.

But it was aft Ye's relationship tweeted the representation of the Star of David aboriginal Thursday that helium was suspended.

Musk replied to different user: “I tried my best. Despite that, helium again violated our regularisation against incitement to violence. Account volition beryllium suspended.”

Ye's Twitter relationship has been restricted before implicit antisemitic comments, but he returned to the platform in November. Musk has said Twitter restored Ye’s relationship earlier helium took ownership.

Over the past respective months, Ye has made a bid of antisemitic remarks and statements targeting Jewish people.

Adidas cut ties with Ye successful October, saying his actions person been "unacceptable, hateful and dangerous." The determination came aft disapproval for the institution to act.

Twitter has suspended different accounts since Musk took implicit — including those of users who imitated Musk. He has besides reinstated immoderate antecedently suspended accounts, including that of former President Donald Trump.

Shortly aft taking power of Twitter, Musk’s squad laid disconnected swaths of the company’s workforce, including employees that combat misinformation. On Wednesday, a apical European Union authoritative warned that the institution needs to beef up measures to support users from hatred code successful bid to debar violating caller rules there.

Ye appeared to suggest helium would beryllium leaving the level Thursday nighttime earlier helium was suspended. He tweeted an representation of a shirtless Musk being sprayed with a hose and wrote, “Let’s ever retrieve this arsenic my last tweet.”

Musk replied to that tweet: “That is fine." To the now-blocked station featuring the Star of David, Musk wrote: “This is not.”