Kanye West posted on Twitter for the first time in nearly two years. Among those who welcomed his return was Elon Musk, who is about to buy the social network.
West, now called Ye, posted a photo of a hat with 2024 on Friday night. He followed up with another photo of himself with Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg, accusing the latter of taking it off. Instagram.
Welcome back to Twitter, my friend!
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 8 October 2022
Instagram restricted West’s account after it posted a post that some groups deemed anti-Jewish, NBC reported Saturday. Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent outside normal business hours.
Earlier this week, the rapper and businessman last posted on Twitter in November 2020, just after the last US presidential election, he had previously received a temporary ban from the social network for posting someone’s private information. other and has also faced criticism from other Twitter users for his political views. West had previously been temporarily banned from Instagram for posts that were believed to have harassed others.
Musk responded to West by saying, “Welcome back to Twitter, my friend.” Tesla’s CEO this week reinstated his $ 44 billion bid to buy Twitter and said he wants to create an all-rounder app that can rival TikTok and WeChat.
