Kanye West’s Instagram, Twitter Accounts Have Been Locked Due to Antisemitic Posts

After Meta kicked him out from Instagram on Friday, Oct. 7, Kanye West returned to Twitter after nearly two years. But got his account by the name of Ye suspended after posting an antisemitic message.

"I'm a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I'm going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE," West tweeted.

Kanye West's Post Is Antisemitic

Twitter's spokesperson told Engadget that the post violated the company's policies.

The phrase death con 3 is an ambiguation of DEFCON 3, referring to the 1973 joint attack by Egypt and Syria that resulted in what was known as the Yom Kippur War. The attack against the Jewish nation prompted the United States to place its military assets in the region under DEFCON 3.

It took some time for the company to act on the tweet. As of Sunday, the hateful post is no longer on the platform.

Instagram Suspended Kanye West

Unfortunately, West's suspension on Twitter came a day after Instagram restricted his account after he insinuated that a powerful Jewish group controlled rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs.

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) on Twitter said of West's post and his interview with Fox News as "incoherent rants laden with racist and antisemitic tones."

AJC said the anti-Jewish post was "shared with his 18 million followers on Instagram."

The group said West propagated "white supremacist slogans and classic antisemitism about Jewish power."

A spokesperson for Meta said the post on Instagram was deleted because it violated the company's policies. The company also restricted West's account.

Meta, however, did not say what kind of restriction it had imposed on the account. It also kept mum on what made the post by West objectionable.

In March. Instagram had also suspended West for 24 hours after his racial slur against Trevor Noah, the host of the "Daily Show".

Kanye West Joins Other Famous People Suspended on Twitter

West is not the first celebrity whose account was suspended by Twitter.

At least six celebrities and famous people were suspended on Twitter for reasons deemed by the company as violations of its policies.

Here is the rundown of the six celebrities whose accounts were suspended by Twitter, namely:

1. Donald Trump. The former US president, who has more than 40 million followers on Twitter, was suspended from the platform in November 2017 for barely 11 minutes. In 2011, Twitter suspended him permanently because of the "risk of further incitement of violence."

2. Rangoli Chandel. Twitter suspended Chandel, the sister of a Bollywood actor, after tweeting what the company deemed as hurtful to people's personal and religious sentiments.

3. PewDiePie. One of the famous YouTubers, PewDiePie, was suspended from Twitter after he tweeted that he was a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). His tweet was not true but it went viral for its humorous and funny content deemed by Twitter as a violation of the company policies.

4. Kamaal Rashid Khan. His Twitter account was suspended in 2017 for revealing the climax of the movie, Secret Superstar. He went further by criticizing the movie and had direct action against the actor, Aamir Khan.

5. Kangana Ranaut. Twitter permanently suspended Ranaut's account for it repeatedly violated "Twitter Rules specifically our Hateful Conduct policy and Abusive Behaviour policy.

6. Abhijeet Bhattacharya. He is known for his offensive comments against the people he doesn't like. Twitter suspended his account after his comment against a student activist.

It was not yet clear as of this posting if Twitter will restore Ye, West's account, on the platform.