Kanye West has been suspended from social media network Instagram for 24 hours after the rapper infringed the platform's policy regarding harassment, a spokesperson for its parent firm Meta Platforms Inc said.
The platform deleted content sent from the 44-year-old rapper's account that was in violation of its policies on "hate speech and bullying and harassment," the spokesperson, Joe Osborne, told Reuters in an emailed statement.
West, who legally goes by 'Ye', will be restricted from posting, commenting or sending direct messages from the account for 24 hours, Osborne said, addixjmtzywng further action could be taken if he continued to violate policies on regaining control of the account.
Representatives for West did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment.
The suspension comes after attack on Trevor Noah
A report in entertainment industry publication said West directed racial slurs at Trevor Noah, host of in an Instagram post after Noah discussed a row between West, West's former wife Kim Kardashian and her boyfriend comic Pete Davidson.
The post has since been deleted, the report said.
Meta declined to provide details of the posts that violated its policy.
However, posts of West criticizing actor D.L. Hughley and writer Dave Sirius can still be seen on his profile.
- Kim Kardashian West files for divorce from Kanye West
Kardashian, a businesswoman and star of, filed for divorce a year ago, citing irreconcilable differences with West. The couple have four children ranging in age from two to eight.
After the divorce, West criticized the reality star's new relationship with Davidson on social media and publicly appealed to her to return to him.
A Los Angeles judge granted Kardashian's request this to be declared legally single following nearly eight years of marriage to the rapper.
