Twitter confirmed that it locked Kanye West, who now goes by “Ye,” out of his account after he posted an anti-Semitic tweet on Saturday (by way of BuzzFeed Information). “The account in query has been locked on account of a violation of Twitter’s insurance policies,” Twitter spokesperson Katie Rosborough stated in a press release to The Verge.
Twitter has since eliminated Ye’s tweet, however a number of customers screenshotted the put up earlier than Twitter took it down. “I’m a bit sleepy tonight however once I get up I’m going dying con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE,” Ye wrote. “The humorous factor is I truly can’t be Anti Semitic as a result of black persons are truly Jew additionally You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anybody whoever opposes your agenda.”
On Friday, Ye posted a screenshot on Instagram exhibiting a textual content message between him and rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, accusing Diddy of being managed by Jewish individuals. This garnered a response from the American Jewish Committee (AJC), which slammed Ye for espousing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.
It’s unclear how lengthy Ye received’t have entry to his Twitter account, because the platform’s rules say it may place a person’s profile in “read-only mode” for anyplace from 12 hours to seven days relying on the violation. Which means Ye can’t tweet, retweet, or like several posts till the lockout lifts, however different customers can nonetheless work together together with his content material.