Twitter's new proprietor and CEO, billionaire Elon Musk, stated Friday he was not concerned in lifting the restrictions on Kanye West's Twitter account. The rapper, who now performs below the identify Ye, had been locked out of the account earlier this month for making antisemitic statements on the platform.
The Tesla-founder, who formally took management of the social media community earlier this week after buying it for $44 billion, tweeted Friday that the corporate could be forming a "content material moderation council with extensively various viewpoints."
"No main content material choices or account reinstatements will occur earlier than that council convenes," Musk added.
In response to that assertion, one Twitter person requested Musk why the read-only restrictions had already allegedly been lifted from West's account. Musk responded that West's "account was restored by Twitter earlier than the acquisition. They didn't seek the advice of with or inform me."
West has not tweeted from the account since Oct. 8, and CBS Information has not independently verified whether or not West's entry has in actual fact been restored.
Twitter had locked West out of his account "as a result of a violation of Twitter's insurance policies," the platform instructed CBS Information in an announcement Oct. 9. Although the explanation was not specified, West on Oct. 8 posted an antisemitic tweet by which he threatened to go "dying [sic] con 3" on Jewish folks. The tweet has since been eliminated.
When a Twitter account is assessed as "read-only," it means the person is restricted from tweeting, retweeting and liking content material, the platform's web site says. The person can nonetheless learn their timeline and ship direct messages to their followers.
"The period of this enforcement motion can vary from 12 hours to 7 days, relying on the character of the violation," the location additionally reads.
In wake of his statements, West was additionally restricted on Instagram after posting screenshots of an alleged dialog with rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs by which West prompt Combs was being managed by Jews. Nonetheless, his Instagram account resumed posting on Wednesday.
A number of manufacturers have additionally minimize ties with him, together with Adidas, Balenciaga, Hole, Peloton and expertise company CAA.