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Twitter suspends Kanye’s account again on violating rules

Twitter Inc on Friday suspended Kanye West’s account again, just two months after the rapper’s account was reinstated, as his tweets violated the social media platform’s rules.

December 2, 2022
2 December 2022

Dec 2 (Reuters) –

Twitter Inc on Friday suspended Kanye West’s account again,
just two months after the rapper’s account was reinstated, as
his tweets violated the social media platform’s rules.

Twitter-owner Elon Musk, who calls himself a free speech
absolutist, had welcomed the return of the rapper, now known as
Ye, to the platform in October.

In his latest tweet late on Thursday, Musk said “I tried
my best. Despite that, he again violated our rule against
incitement to violence. Account will be suspended.”

Twitter late on Thursday also restricted one of Ye’s
tweets. His account was suspended within an hour after Musk
responded to a Twitter user, who said “Elon Fix Kanye Please.”

Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for
comment.

Twitter had restored the account of the rapper, before
the completion of the social media platform’s $44 billion
takeover by Musk. However, he later clarified that he had no
role in bringing Ye back on Twitter.
(Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru; Editing by Tom
Hogue and Kim Coghill)

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