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Musk suspends Kanye West's Twitter account over antisemitic tweet

Kanye tweeted an image of a swastika inside a star of David

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Twitter, on Friday, suspended Kanye West's Twitter account. The move comes two months after the singer's account was reinstated. According to Musk, Ye's tweets violated the social media platform's rules, Reuters reported. 

Musk, who calls himself a free absolutist, in his latest tweet, said, “I tried my best. Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended." 

On Friday, Twitter restricted one of Kanye's tweets after a user wrote, "Elon Fix Kanye Please." 

Kanye west, who is currently known as Ye, in an interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, praised Hitler and made antisemitic jokes. 

“The Jewish media has made us feel like the Nazis and Hitler have never offered anything of value to the world,” Ye said during the interview, NBC reported. “I see good things about Hitler, also.” on Thursday, Ye tweeted an image of a swastika inside a star of David. The post was blocked and Ye's account was suspended soon after. 

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