July 30, 2023
It seems Twitter under Elon Musk has fast become ‘expect the unexpected’ platform as Kanye West, who was earlier banned from the social app, made his return, only to get re-blocked an hour later.
On July 29, some eagle-eyed observers on the platform spotted the account of Ye, which was seemingly unsuspended on Twitter.
But, an hour later, the account status was again switched to ‘suspended’ on the platform, according to The Mirror.
The surprise comes after Musk disclosed his efforts to keep the controversial rap star account status active on the platform.
“I tried my best. Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended,” the now-CEO tweeted earlier.
Last November, the Donda hitmaker was booted out of the platform after sharing an offensive tweet about antisemitism.
But under the. 52, absolutist free speech rules toward content moderation, the hip-hop star was accepted again into the folds of Twitter.
West was at the time on his antisemitism spree as he again tweeted derogatory content, which included a swastika image mixed with a star of David.
Soon he was kicked out from the platform after the tweet, and by extension, other social media platforms also suspended his account due to his antisemitism.
Meanwhile, Twitterati's reactions to West’s brief comeback are below.