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Twitter confirmed Sunday that it had removed a tweet by Ye, the musician and fashion designer formerly known as Kanye West, and temporarily prohibited him ...

Kanye West, who goes by Ye, had his social media accounts restricted after a series of antisemitic posts.

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York also weighed in on Ye’s tweets, saying that, “There is absolutely no room in this country or world for antisemitism. “The behavior exhibited this week by @kanyewest is deeply troubling, dangerous, and antisemitic, period. He went on to criticize Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, which owns Instagram, for removing him from the platform.

Instagram and Twitter have suspended Kanye “Ye” West after the rapper shared a series of antisemitic statements on both social media platforms.

[TMZ](https://www.tmz.com/2022/10/04/black-lives-matter-responds-kanye-west-white-lives-matter-candace-owens/), the Black Lives Matter Grassroots organization opposed West and conservative pundit Candace Owens wearing the “White Lives Matter” shirts in Paris. [NBC](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/kanye-west-ye-instagram-anti-semitic-rcna51340). According to a Meta spokesperson, Instagram may temporarily restrict violators from posting, commenting or sending direct messages. Amid widespread criticism from the fashion community and beyond, West [doubled down on the stunt](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-10-03/kanye-west-candace-owen-white-lives-matter-shirts) and called the Black Lives Matter movement “a scam.” A representative for Twitter also confirmed Monday that the app had locked West’s account for breaking its rules. [a “White Lives Matter” shirt](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-10-05/kanye-west-vogue-white-lives-matter-shirts-controversy) to Paris Fashion Week.

FILE - Kanye West arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Feb. 9, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. West's Twitter and Instagram accounts have been locked ...

His Twitter account was locked Sunday, just a day after he returned to the platform following a nearly two-year hiatus and was welcomed back by Elon Musk. “Welcome back to Twitter, my friend,” posted Musk, who last week renewed his $44 billion offer to buy Twitter following a monthslong legal battle with the company. Twitter took action on nearly 4.3 million accounts between July and December of 2021, the latest available data from a transparency report it publishes twice a year. On Instagram, Ye posted a screenshot of a text conversation with Diddy and suggested he was controlled by Jewish people, according to media reports. Ye has alienated even ardent fans in recent years, teasing and long tinkering with albums that haven’t been met with the critical or commercial success of his earlier recordings. In one post on Twitter, Ye said he would soon go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE,” according to internet archive records, making an apparent reference to the U.S.

His comment drew a sharp rebuke from the Anti-Defamation League which called the tweet 'dangerous', 'antisemitic'.

His Twitter account was locked Sunday, just a day after he returned to the platform following a nearly two-year hiatus — and was welcomed back by Elon Musk. Twitter took action on nearly 4.3 million accounts between July and December of 2021, according to the latest available data from a transparency report it publishes twice a year. [ last week renewed his $44bn offer to buy Twitter](/news/2022/10/5/musks-twitter-deal-back-on-what-you-need-to-know) following a months-long legal battle with the company. On Instagram, Ye posted a screenshot of a text conversation with Diddy and suggested he was controlled by Jewish people, according to media reports. He called the COVID-19 vaccine “the mark of the beast”. In one post on Twitter, Ye said he would soon go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE”, according to internet archive records, making an apparent reference to the United States defence-readiness condition scale known as DEFCON.

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