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Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk has suspended Kanye West, now known as Ye, from Twitter after he posted an image of a swastika inside the Star of David.

In a tweet, Musk confirmed the suspension, noting that Ye “again violated [Twitter’s] rule against incitement to violence.” Moreover, Ye previously tweeted an uncomplimentary picture of Musk, prompting Musk to tweet another clarification that Ye was banned “for incitement to violence, not an unflattering pic of me being hosed by Ari.”

I tried my best. Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 2, 2022

Twitter suspended Ye’s account in early October after he shared an antisemitic post, but Musk allowed Ye to return after taking over the company.

The new tweet that got Ye suspended came after he appeared on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars program. During the appearance, Ye went on an antisemitic rant and praised Adolf Hitler, saying, “I see good things about Hitler.”

Following the rant, Parlement Technologies, the parent company of right-wing “free speech” social platform Parler, confirmed that Ye would no longer be purchasing the platform. Parler announced the Ye acquisition back in October. For those unfamiliar with Parler, it played a role in the January 6th, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and was subsequently banned from Google and Apple app stores. The app later returned to both app stores after agreeing to moderate posts.

Ye also recently expressed increased support for right-wing causes, most notably meeting with former president Donald Trump and white nationalist Nick Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago last week.

Ye was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2016 and shared his struggles publicly in a 2019 interview with David Letterman.

Source: Elon Musk Via: The Verge

Rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has entered into an agreement to acquire American microblogging and social networking service Parler.

The platform, which is primarily popular with Donald Trump supporters, conservatives, conspiracy theorists and far-right extremists, has been downloaded 6.2 million times in the United States and 8.5 million times worldwide across iOS and Google Play store, as of October 16th, according to data from data.ai.

The platform had roughly 983,000 global monthly active users in the first half of 2022.

Parlement Technologies is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement in principle for Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, to acquire the Parler platform. The acquisition ensures Parler a future role in creating an uncancelable ecosystem where all voices are welcome. pic.twitter.com/KXdhV71prl

— Parler (@parler_app) October 17, 2022

“The acquisition ensures Parler a future role in creating an uncancelable ecosystem where all voices are welcome,” wrote Parler in its Twitter post announcing the agreement. This comes soon after Ye was banned from Twitter and Instagram over antisemitic posts.

“This deal will change the world, and change the way the world thinks about free speech. Ye is making a groundbreaking move into the free speech media space and will never have to fear being removed from social media again,” said Parler CEO George Farmer.

It’s worth noting that the platform was removed from the App Store and Google Play Store following the U.S. Capitol riots in January 2021. The platform was subsequently reinstated under then-interim CEO, Mark Meckle.

West recently also came under fire for wearing a ‘White Lives Matter’ T-Shirt to his daughter’s basketball game, which is widely considered a white supremacist phrase.

Ye’s acquisition comes soon after he terminated his partnership with apparel retailer Gap, while Adidas has put the rapper’s Yeezy brand “under review.”

The deal is expected to close by the end of 2022.

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Source: @parler_app