AAmerican musician Ye returned to Twitter after a two-week hiatus from the social network, and new owner Elon Musk welcomed him back to the platform.
Posting from an iPhone on Sunday, the artist formerly known as Kanye West first tested that he was still unblocked — his account was temporarily suspended and reinstated in late October, which Musk said was not his decision— before continuing with “Shalom : )”. Ye’s previous suspension was due to anti-Semitic tweet. The hip-hop artist last month agreed to buy social media platform Parler, embraced by conservatives as an alternative to Twitter.
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Musk responded positively to Ye’s initial tweet, tweeting “Don’t kill what you hate, save what you love.”
The new leader of Twitter, who is also the CEO of Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, spent the weekend polling its followers on the platform about whether to restore access to Donald Trump, the former US president who was permanently removed after the January 6 breach of the US Capitol. About 52% answered affirmatively and It is now clear that Trump will return– although he responded by saying he would stick to his own social network, Truth Social.
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Musk’s latest tweet described Twitter as a drug that Trump will be sorely tempted to return to. The billionaire Twitter owner’s courting of controversial figures on the network — other than himself — threatens to further alienate advertisers who have recently been wary of associating their brands with the service.
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