Elon Musk says he 'personally wanted to punch Kanye' West after the rapper posted a swastika on Twitter
Musk was asked:"How are you going to balance the level to which we speak about the freedom of expression on Twitter?"
He responded:"I personally wanted to punch Kanye, so that was definitely inciting me to violence. That's not cool."after he tweeted an image of a swastika inside a Star of David."It is important people know, OK, that was my decision," Musk said.and the Nazis in an interview on Infowars, the podcast presented by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
Musk said he decided to suspend West again"because at some point you have to say what is incitement to violence because it is against the law in the US," he said."Posting swastikas in what obviously is not a good way is an incitement to violence."said that Musk's top priority was ensuring safety on the platform.Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider.
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