Kanye West has had his Instagram account restricted again after his latest reported violation of the platforms policies. Meta, Instagram’s parent company, confirmed the restriction to Billboard on Monday, October 31st. The Meta rep confirmed that his account his been locked for 30 days. Kanye had just returned to the platform after previously being restricted just days ago. The news comes after Instagram and Twitter both had placed temporary restrictions on his social media accounts after he posted anti-Semitic comments earlier on in October.
The spokesperson did not state specific posts that led to the latest lock of West’s account, the rep said that Instagram had deleted content from the rapper’s Instagram feed due to the unspecified posts violating the platform’s standards. They also noted that the social media platform is able to restrict accounts that repeatedly break its rules, with those restrictions including limiting a user’s ability to post, comment or send direct messages.
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