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Kanye West banned from Instagram after violating hate speech and bullying policies
Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, has been temporarily put on an Instagram time-out after apparently violating the company’s policies.
Content from his account, @kanyewest, has been deleted for violating policies on hate speech, bullying and harassment, a Meta spokesperson confirmed Wednesday night.
Earlier in the day, the musician reportedly posted a photo of comedian Trevor Noah and captioned it with racial slurs. TODAY has not seen the original posts — which have since been deleted — though several media outlets have screenshots.
Noah had discussed the ongoing fallout surrounding Ye’s divorce from reality star Kim Kardashian in a segment on “The Daily Show” on Tuesday night. In it, Noah encouraged fans to not make jokes about the situation.
“It’s spun into a story that seems fully tabloid but I think deserves a little more awareness from the general public. … I know everyone thinks it’s a big marketing stunt …,” Noah said in his Tuesday segment. “Two things can be true: Kim likes publicity, Kim is also being harassed. Those things can be happening at the same time.”
Ye’s Instagram is also restricted from posting, commenting and sending direct messages for 24 hours. Additional steps will be taken if Ye continues not to follow Instagram community guidelines, the Meta spokesperson said.
The musician’s account has also recently posted and deleted several things about Kardashian — with whom he shares four children: North, 8, Saint, 6, Chicago, 4, and Psalm, 2 — and her boyfriend, comedian Pete Davidson.
Some of Ye’s posts from Wednesday’s spree were still up as of 10 p.m. ET, including one slamming D.L. Hughley, and another promoting the music festival Coachella with a screenshot from his recent music video that appears to show a decapitated Davidson in Claymation.
Reps for the musician declined to respond to TODAY’s request for comment.
Kardashian and the “Saturday Night Live” star made their relationship Instagram official on Friday. In a clip released Wednesday, Kardashian said Davidson had actually branded her name on his chest.
Davidson’s friend, comedian Dave Sirus, last week released alleged text messages between the musician and “SNL” star.
Davidson appeared to have texted West first and said, “Yo it’s Skete,” referring to the derogatory nickname West has repeatedly used for him. “Can you please take a second and calm down.”
The tense exchange showed the men exchanging barbs while Davidson also offered to meet privately to speak.
Davidson’s final text said: “But if you continue to press me like you have for the past 6 months I’m gonna stop being nice.”
West is not the first celebrity to be banned by the platform. After the January 2021 attack at the U.S. Capitol, the company suspended former President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts. He remains banned until January 2023, when the company plans to re-evaluate.
Ye’s Twitter account has not been active since his failed 2020 presidential campaign.
Meghan and Harry spent three days in the African country, Nigeria in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex spent time in Nigeria as part of a three-day tour, in celebration of the 10th anniversary of The Invictus Games.
The couple were personally invited on the trip by Nigeria’s chief of defence staff, General Christopher Musa; they are not there in any official capacity on behalf of the royal family or the UK. The tour schedule, which started in the bustling capital of Abuja, has been jam-packed, including a visit to primary and secondary school Lightway Academy, where they met with students, and experiencing the work of Nigeria Unconquered, a charitable foundation dedicated to aiding wounded, injured, or sick servicemembers.
Naturally, the trip also provided the opportunity for Meghan to showcase a multi-day “tourdrobe”, the likes of which we haven’t seen since the couple stepped down as senior working royals in early 2020 – and she hasn’t disappointed, in a series of summery maxi dresses, elegant tailoring and striking separates.
See highlights from their trip so far, below.
On day three, the couple arrived at Lagos airport, where they were given an official state welcome.
The couple posed for a photo with children and Nigerian dignitaries.
The couple were greeted by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
They then attended a basketball exhibition training match at Ilupeju Grammar School in Lagos. After the match, they posed for a photo with the Toronto Raptors basketball team president, Masai Ujiri, and the principal of Ilupeju Grammar School, Josephine Egunyomi.
The couple attended a reception hosted by the charity organisation Nigeria Unconquered, held at the Officers’ Mess in Abuja.
A visit to the Defence Headquarters in Abuja.
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Photographer alleges he was forced to watch Megan Thee Stallion have sex and was unfairly fired
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A photographer who worked for Megan Thee Stallion said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that he was forced to watch her have sex, was unfairly fired soon after and was abused as her employee.
In the suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Emilio Garcia said that after a night out in 2022 in Ibiza, Spain, he was in an SUV with the hip-hop star when she began having sex with another woman right next to him. He was unable to get out of the moving car, and would have been in the middle of nowhere in a foreign country even if he was able. Garcia was “embarrassed, mortified and offended throughout the whole ordeal,” according to the lawsuit.
Alex Spiro, Megan’s lawyer, said she would fight the lawsuit in court.
“This is an employment claim for money — with no sexual harassment claim filed and with salacious accusations to attempt to embarrass her,” Spiro said.
The next day Megan told Garcia never to discuss what he saw and berated and fat-shamed him, the lawsuit said. The complaint also said Garcia, who had already considered quitting because he was overworked and underpaid in a hostile work environment aggravated by Megan’s possessiveness and abusiveness, was misclassified as an independent contractor but treated as an exclusive employee.
Garcia raised those issues in the conversation with Megan, and was fired the following day after four years of working for her, the suit said. He has since filed a job discrimination complaint with the California Civil Rights Department.
The lawsuit, first reported by NBC News, names as defendants Megan, whose legal name is Megan Pete; her companies Megan Thee Stallion Entertainment and Hot Girl Touring; and her label, Roc Nation. A defense response has yet to be filed. There was no immediate response to an email seeking comment from a representative of Roc Nation.
Garcia is seeking financial damages to be determined at trial, alleging he has suffered severely both emotionally and physically because of his treatment on the job, the firing and having to witness the scene in the SUV.
Megan, 29, was previously involved in major legal drama — and underwent a torrent of online abuse — as the victim of a shooting by rapper Tory Lanez, who a jury found fired at her feet on a street in the Hollywood Hills in 2020. She testified at the trial where jurors convicted Lanez of three felonies and a judge sentenced him to 10 years in prison.
Already a major rising artist at the time of the shooting, Megan has since become one of hip-hop’s biggest stars. She won a Grammy for best new artist in 2021, and she had No. 1 singles with “Savage,” featuring Beyoncé, and as a guest on Cardi B’s “WAP.”
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