<p>Rapper <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/kanye-west" target="_blank">Kanye West's </a>Twitter profile, which was suspended for posting <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/kanye-says-lost-2bn-over-anti-semitic-rants-1157270.html" target="_blank">anti-Semitic remarks</a>, appeared to be back up on the platform, a day after billionaire <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/elon-musk" target="_blank">Elon Musk</a> took ownership of the social media company following his $44 billion deal.</p>.<p>The rapper, now known as Ye, was <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/kanye-wests-twitter-instagram-accounts-restricted-after-alleged-anti-semitic-posts-1152149.html" target="_blank">suspended from Twitter and Meta Platforms' Instagram</a> last month and the platforms removed some of his online posts that users condemned as anti-Semitic.</p>.<p>Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment.</p>.<p>Ye, who has over 30 million followers on Twitter, has courted controversy in recent months by publicly ending major corporate tie-ups and making outbursts on social media against other celebrities.</p>.<p>On October 8, Musk had tweeted "Welcome back to Twitter, my friend!" when Ye posted on the platform for the first time in two years after his Instagram account was restricted.</p>.<p>Musk took <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/the-bird-is-freed-says-musk-as-he-closes-44-billion-deal-to-acquire-twitter-fires-ceo-parag-agrawal-3-other-top-executives-1157294.html" target="_blank">ownership of Twitter </a>with brutal efficiency on Thursday, <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/musk-takes-control-of-twitter-fires-ceo-parag-agrawal-1157279.html" target="_blank">firing top executives</a> but providing little clarity over how he will achieve the ambitions he has outlined for the influential social media platform.</p>.<p>Musk, also the Tesla Inc CEO and a self-described free speech absolutist, has laid out goals to prevent the platform from becoming an echo chamber for hate and division.</p>.<p>He has also said he would reverse Twitter's ban on former US President <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/donald-trump" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a>, whose account was removed after the attack on the US Capitol. Trump on Friday said he was happy Twitter was in "<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/trump-says-twitter-now-in-sane-hands-after-musk-purchase-1157463.html" target="_blank">sane hands</a>."</p>.<p>Earlier in October, Ye agreed in principle to <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/kanye-west-to-buy-social-media-app-parler-1154394.html" target="_blank">buy Parler</a>, the social media platform popular among US conservatives.</p>
<p>Rapper <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/kanye-west" target="_blank">Kanye West's </a>Twitter profile, which was suspended for posting <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/kanye-says-lost-2bn-over-anti-semitic-rants-1157270.html" target="_blank">anti-Semitic remarks</a>, appeared to be back up on the platform, a day after billionaire <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/elon-musk" target="_blank">Elon Musk</a> took ownership of the social media company following his $44 billion deal.</p>.<p>The rapper, now known as Ye, was <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/kanye-wests-twitter-instagram-accounts-restricted-after-alleged-anti-semitic-posts-1152149.html" target="_blank">suspended from Twitter and Meta Platforms' Instagram</a> last month and the platforms removed some of his online posts that users condemned as anti-Semitic.</p>.<p>Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment.</p>.<p>Ye, who has over 30 million followers on Twitter, has courted controversy in recent months by publicly ending major corporate tie-ups and making outbursts on social media against other celebrities.</p>.<p>On October 8, Musk had tweeted "Welcome back to Twitter, my friend!" when Ye posted on the platform for the first time in two years after his Instagram account was restricted.</p>.<p>Musk took <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/the-bird-is-freed-says-musk-as-he-closes-44-billion-deal-to-acquire-twitter-fires-ceo-parag-agrawal-3-other-top-executives-1157294.html" target="_blank">ownership of Twitter </a>with brutal efficiency on Thursday, <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/musk-takes-control-of-twitter-fires-ceo-parag-agrawal-1157279.html" target="_blank">firing top executives</a> but providing little clarity over how he will achieve the ambitions he has outlined for the influential social media platform.</p>.<p>Musk, also the Tesla Inc CEO and a self-described free speech absolutist, has laid out goals to prevent the platform from becoming an echo chamber for hate and division.</p>.<p>He has also said he would reverse Twitter's ban on former US President <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/donald-trump" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a>, whose account was removed after the attack on the US Capitol. Trump on Friday said he was happy Twitter was in "<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/trump-says-twitter-now-in-sane-hands-after-musk-purchase-1157463.html" target="_blank">sane hands</a>."</p>.<p>Earlier in October, Ye agreed in principle to <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/kanye-west-to-buy-social-media-app-parler-1154394.html" target="_blank">buy Parler</a>, the social media platform popular among US conservatives.</p>