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Rapper Kanye West: He is currently unable to use his Twitter account
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"Account banned: Twitter bans accounts that violate the Twitter Rules." This sentence is currently encountered by users who access Kanye West's account, which has more than 32 million accounts following.
The rapper, who recently made headlines with a strange Trump visit, with anti-Semitic statements and expressions of sympathy for Adolf Hitler, has now managed to mess with Twitter even in the Elon Musk era.
At least for a short time, because it is said that it is only a temporary blocking.
Twitter boss Elon Musk has so far been more attached to West.
In October, the tech billionaire welcomed the rapper, who calls himself "Ye," back to the platform after a two-year hiatus, with Musk publicly addressing him as "my friend."
Shortly thereafter, however, West, who at the time was no longer allowed to post on Instagram for 30 days due to rule violations, also had his account restricted on Twitter – but all before Musk took over the company.
Then in mid-November, long after West was able to tweet again, Musk responded to a post by the rapper with the saying "Don't kill what you hate, keep what you love" - instead of the English word "you" he used West's stage name » yeah".
The tech billionaire appeared to remain sympathetic to the controversial rapper, despite criticism of West.
»YE24 love everyone«
Now the account has been blocked anyway.
Kanye West first made headlines with a saying made to Alex Jones: During a lengthy conversation, while wearing a stocking-like mask over his face, West told the conspiracy ideologist that he loves Jews, but he also loves Nazis.
West later tweeted a photo of a computer screen showing a logo mixing elements of the Star of David and the swastika.
"YE24 love everyone," West wrote.
The rapper also shared a photo of Elon Musk shirtless on businessman Ari Emanuel's yacht, pointing a jet of water at him.
West commented, "Let's remember this as my last tweet forever."
In response to a user's request "Elon, please fix Kanye," Musk wrote that he "did his best" in the case of Kanye West: "Nevertheless, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence.
The account will be suspended.«
Musk later wrote: "I just wanted to clarify that his account was suspended for incitement to violence and not for an unflattering picture of me getting wet by Ari.
To be honest, I found these pictures a good motivation to lose weight!«
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