Kanye West back on twitter after musk takes control. Rapper Kanye’s Twitter profile, which suspended for posting anti-Semitic remarks, looked to be back up on the platform.
A day after billionaire Elon Musk took ownership of the social media company following his $44 billion deal.
The rapper, now famous as Ye, suspended from Twitter and Meta Platforms’ Instagram last month and the platforms removed some of his online posts that users sentenced as anti-Semitic.
Twitter did not instantly respond to a request for comment.
Ye, who has over 30 million followers on Twitter, has seen controversy in current months by publicly ending major corporate tie-ups and making outbreaks on social media against other celebrities.
On Oct. 8, Musk tweeted “Welcome back to Twitter, my friend!” when Ye posted on the platform for the first time in two years after his Instagram account restricted.
Musk took ownership of Twitter with cruel efficiency on Thursday, firing top executives. But providing little clarity over how he will achieve the ambitions he has defined for the influential social media platform.
Musk, also the Tesla CEO and a self-described free-speech absolutist, has laid out goals to stop the platform from becoming an echo chamber for hate and division.
He has also said he would back Twitter’s ban on former U.S. President Donald Trump, whose account removed after the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump on Friday said he was happy Twitter was in “sane hands.”
Previous in October, Ye agreed in principle to buy Parler, the social media platform popular among U.S. conservatives.