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  • Kanye West again on Twitter after suspension as Musk takes management of platform

    Rapper Kanye West’s Twitter profile, which was suspended for posting anti-Semitic remarks, gave the impression to be again up on the platform, a day after billionaire Elon Musk took possession of the social media firm following his $44 billion deal.

    The rapper, now often known as Ye, was suspended from Twitter and Meta Platforms’ Instagram final month and the platforms eliminated a few of his on-line posts that customers condemned as anti-Semitic.

    Twitter didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

    Ye, who has over 30 million followers on Twitter, has courted controversy in current months by publicly ending main company tie-ups and making outbursts on social media towards different celebrities.

    On Oct. 8, Musk had tweeted “Welcome back to Twitter, my friend!” when Ye posted on the platform for the primary time in two years after his Instagram account was restricted.

    Musk took possession of Twitter with brutal effectivity on Thursday, firing high executives however offering little readability over how he’ll obtain the ambitions he has outlined for the influential social media platform.

    Musk, additionally the Tesla Inc CEO and a self-described free speech absolutist, has laid out targets to forestall the platform from turning into an echo chamber for hate and division.

    He has additionally stated he would reverse Twitter’s ban on former U.S. President Donald Trump, whose account was eliminated after the assault on the U.S. Capitol. Trump on Friday stated he was pleased Twitter was in “sane hands.”

    Earlier in October, Ye agreed in precept to purchase Parler, the social media platform fashionable amongst U.S. conservatives.