Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, has reinstated Kanye West’s account eight months after it was suspended due to violating the platform’s rules prohibiting incitement to violence.
What is the X platform?
West’s account now shows his last post from 1 December, a day prior to when his account was suspended on X, the new name owner Elon Musk has given the platform.
The rapper, who now goes by the name Ye, won’t be eligible to monetise his account and advertisements won’t appear next to his posts, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing the social media platform.
Why was his account suspended?
X reinstated West’s account after receiving reassurance he wouldn’t use the platform to share anti-Semitic or otherwise harmful language, the report said, citing a person familiar with the matter.
The billionaire owner of X, who calls himself a free speech absolutist, had welcomed the rapper’s return to the platform in October after his account was reinstated for the first time.
After West went on a string of anti-Semitic rants in interviews and on social media he lost his partnership with Adidas and Gap for Yeezy products.
