'I think it's really important that Twitter banned Kanye after the anti-Semitic tweets,' said Rabbi Jonathan Prosnit. 'Right off the bat, Kanye West has double the amount of Twitter followers than there are Jews in the world.'
The Bay Area Jewish community is reacting after artist Kanye West tweeted an anti-Semitic message. Since then his account has been locked.The Bay Area Jewish community is reacting after artist Kanye West tweeted an anti-Semitic message. Since then his account has been locked.
"I think it's really important that Twitter banned Kanye after the anti-Semitic tweets," said Rabbi Jonathan Prosnit with the Congregation Beth Am, adding, "Right off the bat, Kanye West has double the amount of Twitter followers than there are Jews in the world. So, I think it's something like 30 million Twitter followers. There is something like 15-17 million Jews in the world so even that is just so scary on some level.
Over the weekend, Twitter locked West out of his account and removed the tweet citing it violated the company's rules. "Twitter is a private organization. The first amendment which gives us freedom of speech says that the government can't limit a person's freedom of speech, but it doesn't say anything about private organizations," said Matt Coles, UC Hastings Law Professor of Constitutional law.
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