Kanye West.Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty
Kanye Westis facing action from Meta and Twitter after sharing antisemitic posts.
Instagramrestricted the Grammy Award winner’s accountand deleted content from his page after he violated the social media platform’s rules and guidelines, according to NBC News andCNN, although a Meta spokesperson did not confirm to either outlet what content violated their rules.
The American Jewish Committee (AJC) on Friday called out West’s language for perpetuating “antisemitic tropes like greed and control,” writing in a statement: “Kanye Westshould figure out how to make a point without using antisemitism. Over the last week, the musician has fomented hatred of Jews.”
They also referenced his appearance this week onTucker Carlson Tonight, in which he said thatJared Kushner’s work with Israel which resulted in a peace treaty with the United Arab Emirates “was to make money.”
“The greed theme has led to a long list of Jewish stereotypes, such as being money-oriented or controlling the world’s finances. The control theme seeks to falsely portray Jews as secret puppet masters ruling over others,” AJC continued. “Ye needs to learn that words matter.”
“Look at this Mark.How you gone kick me off instagram?,” he wrote in part, sharing a throwback photo of the two of them singing karaoke.
Elon Muskresponded to the tweet with the reception, “Welcome back to Twitter, my friend!”
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West later had a tweet on his Twitter account taken down on Saturday as well, after it violated the company’s rules.
In a now-deleted message, West wrote that he was going to go “death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE,” according toThe Hollywood Reporter.
“I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE,” he wrote, per the outlet. “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 black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda.”
source: people.com
