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Kanye West kicked off Twitter, dropped from Parler deal after pro-Nazi statements

File photo: Rapper Kanye West at the White House in Washington, US, October 11, 2018. © Kevin Lamarque, Reuters

Social network Parler announced Thursday that its planned sale to Kanye West has been called off, as the rapper-businessman now known as Ye continues to alienates fans and commercial partners with anti-Semitic comments.

"Parlement Technologies would like to confirm that the company has mutually agreed with Ye to terminate the intent of sale of Parler," the network – seen as a home for online extremist rhetoric – said in a tweet. 

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