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Musk Welcomes Ye Back to Twitter After Inviting Trump’s Return

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Musk Welcomes Ye Back to Twitter After Inviting Trump’s Return

[ad_1] American musician Ye has returned to Twitter after a two-week hiatus from the social network, and new owner Elon Musk welcomed him back on the platform. American musician Ye has returned to Twitter after a two-week hiatus from the social network, and new owner Elon Musk welcomed him back on the platform.Posting from an iPhone on Sunday, the artist formerly known as Kanye West first tested that he was still unblocked -- his account had been temporarily suspended and restored at the end of October, which Musk said was not his decision -- before following up with “Shalom : )”. Ye's earlier suspension had been due to an antisemitic tweet. The hip hop artist last month agreed to buy social media platform Parler, embraced by conservatives as an alternative to Twitter. Musk responded ...

Ye Says He Bought Parler Because Instagram, Twitter Penalized Him

[ad_1] Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, said he was motivated to acquire the conservative social media service Parler... Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, said he was motivated to acquire the conservative social media service Parler by his belief that existing platforms like Instagram and Twitter are too restrictive when it comes to user speech.“When I got kicked off of Instagram and Twitter at the time, I knew it was time to acquire my own platform,” Ye said in an interview with Bloomberg News on Monday. “People had talked about it and mentioned this idea for years, but enough was enough.” The rapper and designer was recently restricted from posting on some major social media platforms for violating their content policies. Twitter Inc. removed an anti-Semitic post from Ye last week ...

Playground of Plutocrats: Kanye West Buys His Own Little Piece of Free Speech

[ad_1] Kanye West joins Trump and Musk, turning social media into the new playground of plutocrats who want to push their own agendas. It used to be that newspapers were the must-have baubles for wealthy ideologues. Now, social media platforms are becoming the trophy asset of choice for powerful individuals who want to push an anything-goes view on free speech, especially if they're been burned by the rules on more established sites. Kanye West is the latest to throw his hat in the ring to become a platform proprietor, pushing for the “right to freely express ourselves.” The musician and apparel tycoon also known as Ye has agreed to buy Parler, a relatively small forum that calls itself a free-speech alternative to Twitter, according to an announcement from the firm on Monday. Parl...