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He was first locked out of his Instagram by
Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc on Friday after which he took
to Twitter, where he tweeted on Saturday for the first time in
two years.
West's first post on Twitter since 2020 was a blurry photo of
the rapper and Meta Platforms founder Mark Zuckerberg singing
karaoke. The tweet said: "Look at this Mark How you gone kick me
off instagram."
West then tweeted: "You guys have toyed with me and tried to
black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda." That post, in
which he said he wasn't anti-Semitic, has been removed by
Twitter due to a violation of its policies. His account was also
locked, a Twitter spokesperson confirmed on Sunday.
The step by Twitter Inc to lock the rapper's account was
noteworthy because billionaire Elon Musk, who has said he would
buy Twitter and calls himself a free speech absolutist, had
welcomed West's return to the platform and replied to a post by
the rapper tweeting: "Welcome back to Twitter, my friend!"
West has also previously made erratic online posts. Earlier this
year, he was suspended from Instagram for 24 hours after he
directed racial slurs at comedian Trevor Noah.
Before he took to Twitter early on Saturday, West, who has
legally changed his name to Ye, had his Instagram account
suspended after a since-removed post in which he invoked
anti-Semitic tropes, accusing a musician of being controlled by
"the Jewish people."
The company said on Saturday temporary restrictions on posting,
commenting and messaging were imposed on West's Instagram
account.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; editing by Diane
Craft)
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