Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, logs out of X (formerly Twitter) after a weekend of more antisemitic posts. He left with a parting message: 'I appreciate Elon for allowing me to vent.'

David Schwimmer and Piers Morgan were among those to call on X boss Elon Musk to ban Ye from using his account any further. It was enough for his posts to be put behind a curtain, where users had to click to say they understood that they could see potentially disturbing posts.

Kanye West deactivated his Twitter account after days of posting antisemitic, misogynist and racist content which even forced so-called free speech advocate Elon Musk to take action. The X owner revealed that the rapper’s account had been “classified as NSFW,