Twitter has reinstated the account of Kanye “Ye” West, restoring the rapper’s voice on social media. The news came on Sunday, shortly after long-banned former US President Donald Trump had been brought back to the platform as well.
“Testing, testing,” West tweeted. “Seeing if my Twitter is unblocked.” The post apparently was viewable by other Twitter users, attracting over 600,000 likes in five hours and an avalanche of replies.
West’s Twitter account had been restricted since October 9, blocking him from posting new messages, after he said he was going to go “death con 3 on Jewish people. The funny thing is, I actually can’t be anti-Semitic because black people are actually Jew also. You guys have toyed with me and tried to blackball anyone whoever opposes your agenda.”
West has nearly 32 million followers on Twitter. The rapper and fashion entrepreneur has been closely watched as a bellwether of how dramatically billionaire Elon Musk will transform the platform…
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