Kanye West Reacts To His Instagram Account Being Restricted, Wears ‘White Lives Matter’ Shirt Despite Controversy
09.10.2022 - 01:49
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Kanye West’s Instagram account is under restriction after the rapper violated the social media platform’s policies.
A spokesperson for Meta confirmed to The Hollywood Reporterthat the tech company deleted content from West’s official account, adding that his page is still visible despite the restriction.
When a user like West makes repeated violations, Meta’s policy places a restriction on the account which could temporarily prohibit the user from posting content, writing comments or sending direct messages.
Meta’s rep did not state how long West’s restriction would last or which exact content was deleted.
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Following the restriction, West took to Twitter on Friday to blast Meta chair Mark Zuckerberg.
He tweeted in part, “Look at this Mark. How you gone kick me off instagram,” alongside an old photograph of the two appearing to have a good time together.
Elon Musk, who confirmed plans to purchase Twitter earlier this week, replied to West’s tweet, writing, “Welcome back to Twitter, my friend!”
Meta’s restriction on West follows the rapper’s recent online behaviour, especially a since-deleted post of a text exchange between him and Diddy in which West used language that was criticized as anti-Semitic by other social media users.
The record producer and fashion designer’s account was previously regulated back in March when it was suspended for 24 hours after posting unhinged diatribes about ex-wife Kim Kardashian and her then-boyfriend Pete Davidson.
Elsewhere on Friday, West decided to sport his “White Lives Matter” shirt at daughter North West’s basketball game despite having received backlash for the controversial clothing