Kanye West , who now goes by Ye , is back on Twitter after owner Elon Musk reinstated his account on Sunday . Musk restored Ye ’s Twitter account statement two weeks after it was locked forhis antisemitic poststhat go againstTwitter ’s hatred speechpolicies .
Shortly after his account was unbarred , Ye tweeted to his 32.1 million followers , write that he was testing to see if he could station again . Musk commented on Ye ’s post , writing , “ Do n’t kill what ye hate , economise what ye have a go at it . ” About five hour afterward , Ye tweeted “ Shalom :) , ” a Hebrew word mean “ peace , ” receiving positive and negative reaction from other Twitter users .
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Ye ’s story was locked in October for the 2nd time when he tweet that he was going to sleep but would be “ go decease con 3 on Judaic people ” when he wake up — an apparent reference to the U.S. military facility condition musical scale call DEFCON . He add , “ You guy cable have toyed with me and essay to opprobrious testicle anyone whoever opposes your agenda . ”
His accounting was first restored in October , intimately two years since he was originally suspend and prior to Musk accept ownership of Twitter . Musk said he was not demand in that decision in a tweet on October 28 . He indite , “ Ye ’s write up was restored by Twitter before the acquirement . They did not confab with or inform me . ” However , Musk did respond to Ye ’s first tweet on October 7 , writing , “ receive back to Twitter , my friend ! ”
Within 24 hours of his returning to the platform , Ye ’s account was lockedindefinitely for “ violating Twitter ’s policies , ” a spokesperson state at the time .
Twitter has historically had strictprotocolsin place against violence , act of terrorism , violent extremism , abuse and torment , and hateful speech which included jeopardise individuals on the basis of their airstream , ethnicity , spiritual tie-up , grammatical gender identity element , and more .
After he was dispatch from Twitter , Facebook , andInstagram , Parler’sparent company announce thatYe would be acquiring the company . For the uninitiated , Parler is a social medium site typically used by far - proper conservativist , and the company said in an October 18press releasethat they bear the deal to be shut by the end of the fourth quarter .
“ In a world where conservative judgement are consider to be controversial we have to make certain we have the right to freely utter ourselves , ” Ye articulate in the press spillage .
In the day leading up to Musk ’s $ 44 billion putsch of Twitter , Musk referred to himself a “ free speech absolutist ” and criticized the party for “ fail to bind to devoid voice communication principle , ” adding the ban “ basically undermines democracy . ”
Ye was among several other controversial figures whose accounts were reinstated over the last few day , including former PresidentDonald Trump , Kathy Griffin , Andrew Tate , Jordan Peterson , and the far - right sarcasm account , The Babylon Bee . So far , Trump has yet to use thehis former pet platform .
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