
On Saturday, the social networking site X restored Ye’s account, the musician formerly known as Kanye West, after it had been suspended nearly eight months prior for violating the platform’s policies against inciting violence.
Ye’s last tweet on platform X, the new moniker owner Elon Musk has given Twitter, was published on December 1, a day before his account was suspended.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing X, that Ye won’t be able to monetize his account there and that ads won’t show up next to his posts.
Two months after being restored, Ye’s account was suspended in December because one of his earlier posts appeared to portray a swastika symbol inside a Star of David.
According to the article, which cited a source familiar with the situation, X restored Ye’s account after receiving assurances that he wouldn’t use the platform to disseminate antisemitic or other abusive comments.
Ye hasn’t shared any new content since returning to the platform.
A request for comment from Reuters was not immediately answered by the social networking site.
The rapper had returned to the site in October after his account had been reinstated for the first time, according to the billionaire owner of X, who describes himself as a free speech absolutist.
Trump’s account was earlier restored by Musk after he conducted a poll in which 14.8 million Twitter users participated, with 51.8% of them voting in favour of the reinstatement. Trump, though, had previously stated that he would remain with his new platform Truth Social and had no interest in going back to Twitter.
Ye lost his contract with Adidas and Gap for Yeezy items after he launched a run of antisemitic tirades in interviews and on social media.