One of lime and another of sand within Twitter. Recently, Elon Musk and Twitter decided to reactivate the Donald Trump account on the platform , generating some controversy along the way. Now just the opposite is happening with another American personality: Kanye West.
After several previous warnings and suspensions, Kanye West is once again banned from Twitter , but this time Elon Musk approves his departure. What did you do to make this happen? As you can imagine: he made another totally inappropriate comment.
Another anti-Semitic comment lands Kanye a permanent ban on Twitter
In the world there are many controversial people, but Kanye West must be among the most . The American rapper has grabbed the headlines of newspapers, blogs and social networks many times for his controversial comments, often without consequences, but this time it seems that it will not be like that.
After posting an image with a Nazi swastika inside the Star of David (Jewish symbol), Twitter decided to take down his account. This happened yesterday, Thursday, December 1, and Elon Musk himself (CEO of Twitter) confirmed that they did it for “having again violated our rule against incitement to violence” . It is not the first time that this has happened, but it seems that it will be the final one, since it has been recurring on Twitter and other platforms.
A couple of months ago, Twitter suspended Ye’s (Kanye’s legal name) account following an anti-Semitic post . In October, Instagram also restricted his access to his account after he posted a screenshot of a conversation between him and rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, accusing him of being controlled by Jews. Yes, another antisemitic post.
In recent weeks, Twitter decided to give Ye a chance and reactivated his account, but it failed again. According to Musk “I did the best I could, but despite that you violated our rules again. The account will be suspended.” Taking this into account, it seems that the sanction will be final .
As a curious fact about this conflict, there is the fact that Kanye published a photo mocking Elon Musk hours before his suspension . However, the CEO of Twitter assured that the decision had nothing to do with that, but with the violation of its community standards.
Kanye West will no longer buy Parler
With how controversial Ye has become, little by little he has been losing space. This led him to seriously consider buying Parler , a social network that bills itself as an alternative to Twitter, with true “free speech.”
The purchase intention was put on the table in October, when the first altercations with Twitter and Instagram took place over their anti-Semitic comments. The rapper assured that he would “protect conservative opinions” (controversial), if he bought Parler.
We will not go into detail about what this acquisition could cause, but it is something that will not happen. Parlement Technologies, the parent company behind this social network, has already announced that the sale will not take place . The company detailed that in November they agreed with Kanye that the sale would not take place.
Most likely, the purchase intent was rejected due to the negative impact it could have on the growth of the platform . Parlement Technologies didn’t say anything about it, but a subsequent comment from a spokesperson made it clear: “We will continue to look for future growth opportunities and platform evolution for our community.” In other words, they are still open for a sale, but not if Kanye West is the buyer.
