Instagram and Twitter stated they’ve restricted the accounts of US rapper Kanye West over posts slammed as anti-Semitic.

A spokeswoman for Twitter advised AFP on Sunday that West’s account was locked attributable to a violation of the social media platform’s insurance policies.

And a spokesperson for Instagram guardian Meta advised AFP the group had deleted content material — with out specifying which posts — from West’s account for violating its guidelines.

Instagram additionally restricted his account, which can contain stopping him from posting, commenting or sending personal messages, in response to the identical supply.

In the tweet, which is not seen on West’s account, the rapper stated, “I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE,” in obvious reference to a US army readiness code often known as DEFCON.

The restrictions come after West, a Black artist who now goes by Ye, stirred controversy by sporting a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt through the latest Paris Fashion Week, in a misappropriation of the slogan “Black Lives Matter.”

The phrase “Black Lives Matter” turned a rallying cry for protests in opposition to racism and police brutality sparked by the 2020 homicide of George Floyd.

On Friday, 45-year-old West posted display screen photographs on Instagram of a dialog with rapper Diddy, who referred to as out West over the T-shirt and its message.

“Ima use you as an example to show the Jewish people that told you to call me that no one can threaten or influence me. I told you this was war. Now gone get you some business,” he wrote. The posts have since been deleted from the platform however photographs can nonetheless be discovered on-line.

He then stated on Twitter that he would goal Jewish individuals in a submit that has been blocked by the platform for violating its guidelines.

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) hit out at West for having “fomented hatred of Jews.”

“Kanye West should figure out how to make a point without using antisemitism,” the group stated.

No stranger to controversy, West, who has been open about his struggles with bipolar dysfunction, was beforehand banned from posting on Instagram for twenty-four hours in March, amid an acrimonious divorce from actuality TV star Kim Kardashian.

Earlier this week, German sportswear large Adidas stated it was reconsidering its partnership with West after he reportedly turned disgruntled with how the model was advertising his merchandise.

Last month, West and retail model Gap additionally introduced an finish to a partnership.