Kanye West has entered into an agreement to purchase social media platform Parler, just one week after he had his Twitter account restricted.
The rapper, legally known as Ye, is acquiring the company in order to "create an uncancellable environment where all voices are welcome", according to a press release issued by the company.
George Farmer, Parler’s chief executive, said he welcomed Kanye's purchase of the social media platform.
"This deal will change the world, and change the way the world thinks about free speech.
"Ye is making a ground-breaking move into the free speech media space and will never have to fear being removed from social media again.
"Once again, Ye proves that he is one step ahead of the legacy media narrative."
"In a world where conservative opinions are considered to be controversial we have to make sure we have the right to freely express ourselves," Kanye, 45, added.
The news comes after the musician had posts removed from other major social media platforms including Twitter and Instagram.
Kanye had his Instagram account suspended after a now-deleted post which involved anti-Semitic tropes, accusing Sean "Diddy" Combs of being controlled by "the Jewish people".
It was condemned by the American Jewish Committee, who slammed him for his "dangerous" and anti-Semitic comments on their Instagram page.
Meta, which owns Instagram, confirmed to The Mirror they had "deleted content from @kanyewest" for violating their policies. They also placed a restriction on his account.
After getting locked out of Instagram, Kanye turned to Twitter to share a post for the first time in two years.
He tweeted: "I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE.
"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."
The post was removed and replaced by a message from Twitter which reads: "This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules."
Under the terms of Kanye and Parler's agreement in principle, the parties intend to enter into a definitive purchase agreement and expect to close during the fourth quarter of 2022.
The terms of the proposed transaction would include ongoing technical support from Parlement Technologies and the use of private cloud services via Parlement's private cloud and data centre infrastructure.
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