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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Mike Bedigan, PA & Sophie Collins

Kanye West suspended from Twitter following swastika post

Kanye West has seen another one of his social media accounts suspended due to inappropriate and harmful content.

The US rapper has now been suspended from Twitter after praising Adolf Hitler - which violates the platform's policies on incitement to violence, according to Twitter owner Elon Musk.

West also sent a slew of erratic tweets on Thursday afternoon and one appeared to show a symbol combining a swastika with a Star of David, a symbol of Judaism.

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Musk confirmed the suspension to a Twitter user who asked him to "fix Kanye,” to which the SpaceX CEO replied: "I tried my best.

"Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended."

West repeatedly praised Hitler as he appeared on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars platform.

During the interview, with his face completely covered in a black mask, he described himself as a Nazi and said "I like Hitler,” before claiming that Hitler was not responsible for the deaths of six million Jews.

After being booted from Twitter, West turned to Truth Social, the platform created by former US president Donald Trump.

He reportedly posted a screenshot showing that he was locked out of his account for 12 hours.

It comes as the parent company of alternative messaging platform Parler announced that the rapper would no longer be buying the platform.

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