Twitter locks Kanye West out of his account following anti-Semitic submit

Twitter confirmed that it locked Kanye West, who now goes by “Ye,” out of his account after he posted an anti-Semitic tweet on Saturday (via BuzzFeed News). “The account in question has been locked due to a violation of Twitter’s policies,” Twitter spokesperson Katie Rosborough stated in an announcement to The Verge.

Twitter has since eliminated Ye’s tweet, however a number of customers screenshotted the submit earlier than Twitter took it down. “I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE,” Ye wrote. “The funny thing is I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda.”

On Friday, Ye posted a screenshot on Instagram displaying a textual content message between him and rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, accusing Diddy of being managed by Jewish individuals. This garnered a response from the American Jewish Committee (AJC), which slammed Ye for espousing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.

It’s unclear how lengthy Ye gained’t have entry to his Twitter account, because the platform’s rules say it might place a consumer’s profile in “read-only mode” for anyplace from 12 hours to seven days relying on the violation. This implies that Ye can’t tweet, retweet, or like several posts till the lockout lifts, however different customers can nonetheless work together together with his content material.