Twitter on Wednesday permanently suspended the account of a high-profile British rapper and apologised for its initially slow response to his series of anti-Semitic messages posted last week. The social media giant, along with photo-sharing site Instagram, on Friday banned grime artist Wiley from their platforms for seven days after he send the messages earlier that day. “Upon further investigation, our teams have permanently suspended the account in question for repeated violations of our hateful conduct policy,” Twitter said in a statement on Wednesday. READ ALSO: Dogara is too small for me to fight – MohammedBritish police have also said they are investigating his statements on social media accounts. The Campaign Against Antisemitism said it welcomed the news that Twitter had “finally listened”, but branded the action “too little, too late”.

Source: Punch July 29, 2020 13:52 UTC