Twitter-owner Elon Musk mentioned on Friday that he didn’t have a hand in reinstating rapper Kanye West’s account, which was suspended by the micro-blogging website earlier this month for posting anti-Semitic remarks.
The billionaire mentioned Twitter had restored the account of the rapper, now referred to as Ye, earlier than the completion of the social media platform’s US$44bil takeover late on Thursday. “They didn’t seek the advice of with or inform me,” Musk mentioned in a tweet.
Ye, who has over 30 million followers on Twitter, has courted controversy in latest months by publicly ending main company tie-ups and making outbursts on social media towards different celebrities.
On Oct. 8, Musk tweeted “Welcome back to Twitter, my buddy!” when Ye posted on the platform for the primary time in two years after his Instagram account was restricted for anti-Semitic posts. Twitter later locked his account and eliminated considered one of his posts.
Musk took possession of Twitter with brutal effectivity on Thursday, firing prime executives but offering little readability over how he will obtain the ambitions he has outlined for the influential social media platform.
Musk, nonetheless, mentioned on Friday that Twitter will likely be forming a content material moderation council with “broadly numerous viewpoints”.
“No main content material selections or account reinstatements will occur earlier than that council convenes,” he added.
Earlier in October, Ye agreed in precept to purchase Parler, the social media platform well-liked amongst US conservatives. – Reuters
