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Mon Oct 31, 2022, 11:29 PM Oct 2022

(Jewish Group) Ye suspended from Instagram again after targeting Jewish people in post

Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, said late Sunday that he was suspended from Instagram for 30 days. Ye posted a screenshot of an Instagram notification about the suspension on Parler, the conservative “free speech” social media platform, which recently announced Ye would acquire it.

A Meta spokesperson confirmed that the company deleted content from Ye’s account for violating its policies and placed a restriction on the account. Meta said it may place temporary restrictions on accounts that repeatedly violate its rules, which may restrict them from posting, commenting or sending direct messages. Ye’s representatives did not respond to a request for comment.

According to Ye’s posts on Parler, he attempted to post a screenshot of a text message exchange on Instagram. Ye identified the other individual as Russell Simmons, the co-founder of the record label Def Jam Recordings. The New York Times previously reported that Ye and his label G.O.O.D. Music are no longer affiliated with Def Jam as of 2021. A representative of Def Jam did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In the screenshot Ye posted on Parler, the individual he identified as Simmons encourages Ye to “leave this fight and strategize” and “rebuild your biz.” Ye responds with a disparaging claim about “Jewish business people.” In his Parler post, Ye said he was “kicked off Instagram for 30 days” after posting the image.

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I know many are tried of hearing about him and anti-Semitism, in general, but shit like this needs to be out in the open and it needs to be recorded here.

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