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Instagram Suspends Kanye West’s Account for 24 Hours Over Racial Slur Against Trevor Noah

Instagram Suspends Kanye West’s Account for 24 Hours Over Racial Slur Against Trevor Noah

Kanye’s account was suspended for violating Meta’s policies “on hate speech, bullying, and harassment."

By ANI | Updated: 18 March 2022 09:55 IST

Instagram Suspends Kanye West’s Account for 24 Hours Over Racial Slur Against Trevor Noah

Photo Credit: YouTube/ Kanye West

Kanye recently directed a racial slur at 'The Daily Show' host Trevor Noah via an Instagram post

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Highlights

Old posts are not available on Kanye's account now
The company said its policies on harassment had been violated
West has also used Instagram frequently to discuss his custody troubles

Rapper Kanye West won't be able to post anything on Instagram for 24 hours. As per Variety, Kanye has been suspended from the social media application for a day for violating the platform's harassment policy.

A Meta spokesperson stated that the platform has deleted content posted by Kanye for "violating their policies on hate speech, bullying and harassment."

Now, he can't post, comment, and send DMs for a 24-hour period.

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A day ago, Kanye directed a racial slur at 'The Daily Show' host Trevor Noah via an Instagram post after Noah discussed the ongoing feud between West, his former wife Kim Kardashian and her boyfriend, 'Saturday Night Live' comedian Pete Davidson, on his show Tuesday night.

Not only this, but West has also used the medium frequently to discuss his custody troubles, posting several videos alleging that Kardashian is keeping him from seeing his children when he would like to.

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