Kanye West’s Instagram account is restricted, back to Twitter

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Commented by Meta on Friday, Kanye West posted on Twitter for the first time in nearly two years — a move celebrated by Elon Musk, who is in the process of buying the social network.

West, who legally changed his name to Ye, tweeted a photo of a hat with the year 2024 written on it. Musk responded himself. tweetread “Welcome back to Twitter, my friend!”

West last posted on Twitter in November 2020, right after the last US presidential election. After his first tweet on Friday, West Post posted onWhich included a picture of him with Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, accusing him of kicking him off Instagram.

In a statement to CNN Business on Saturday, a Meta spokesperson said content from West’s account had been removed for violating company policies and restrictions had been placed on his account. It did not specify what was objectionable about the content or what kind of restriction was imposed.

The move comes after West shared a since-deleted post that included a screenshot of a text conversation with Sean “Diddy” Combs who criticized him. The American Jewish Committee as “anti-Jewish”.

West was previously suspended by Instagram for 24 hours in March for making racial slurs on the ‘Daily Show’ host. Trevor Noah.

earlier this week, The West stirred controversy For wearing a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt and several black models wearing T-shirts bearing the same phrase, which the Anti-Defamation League deemed a “hate slogan” at his Paris fashion show.