Kanye West's Twitter account locked for anti-Semitic tweet

CNN  — 

Twitter locked rapper Kanye West’s Twitter relationship implicit an antisemitic tweet posted connected the relationship connected Saturday.

In the since-removed tweet, West said helium was “going decease con 3 [sic] On JEWISH PEOPLE,” and besides that, “You guys person toyed with maine and tried to achromatic shot anyone whoever opposes your agenda,” without specifying what radical helium was addressing, according to Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine records pulled by CNN.

A spokesperson from Twitter confirmed to CNN that the relationship was locked for violating Twitter’s policies. The tweet has been replaced connected the relationship by a connection from the institution saying, “This tweet violated the Twitter Rules.”

The spokesperson did not accidental which argumentation was violated but alternatively sent a nexus to Twitter’s rules, which see guidelines against hateful conduct.

Twitter would not accidental however agelong the relationship would beryllium locked oregon erstwhile the idiosyncratic would beryllium capable to tweet again.

On Friday, West’s Instagram relationship was restricted for violating the company’s policies, a Meta spokesperson told CNN.

In a tweet, the Anti-Defamation League said, “Power. Disloyalty. Greed. Deicide. Blood. Denial. Anti-Zionism. All of these are antisemitic tropes that we interruption down successful our #AntisemitismUncovered Guide astatine antisemitism.adl.org. Many of these myths person influenced @KanyeWest’s comments recently, and it’s dangerous.”

CNN has been incapable to scope a typical for West for comment.