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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mattha Busby

Elon Musk reinstates Kanye West’s Twitter account after ban

Kanye West, known as Ye
Kanye West, known as Ye, was suspended after praising Adolf Hitler and the Nazis before posting a swastika image. Photograph: Neil Mockford/GC Images

Kanye West’s account on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has been reinstated almost eight months after he tweeted an image of a swastika blended with a star of David.

The rapper-producer and designer, legally known as Ye, embarked on a series of antisemitic rants on social media and during interviews towards the end of last year. In October, he tweeted that he would go “death con 3” on Jewish people. His account was subsequently locked but he was soon readmitted.

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