Yeezy.com disappears from the Internet after Shopify says Kanye West violated his conditions

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Cnn
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The website that sold Kanye West’s T-shirts embossed with swastikas has been disabled by Shopify on Tuesday.

A Shopify spokesman said in a comment on CNN that “the grocer did not participate in authentic commercial practices and violated our terms so we removed them.” Shopify is the back-end platform that drives the T-shirt Store on the Yeezy site. The site will not be loaded further from Tuesday morning.

“All merchants are responsible for following the rules of our platform,” added Shopify spokesman.

West’s web site received fresh promotion on Sunday night when he bought a local TV ad under the Super Bowl, and looked to show him sitting in the dentist’s office while recording somewhere in 30 seconds on an iPhone to push people to His Yeezy site.

Even if it was sent under the Super Bowl, it was not a national ad on Fox and only viewers in one Get markets so that, According to the Hollywood reporter. Fox, who did not respond to CNN’s request for a comment, have no control over all advertisements sent out on its affiliated companies.

Shopify let the site remain online and sell the anti-Semitic T-shirts for more than 24 hours. It ignited indignation on social media and from the Anti-Defamation League.

“Swastika is the symbol adopted by Hitler such as the Nazis’ primary emblem. It galvanized his followers in the 20th century and continues to threaten and admit fears in those who are targeted by anti -Semitism and white supremacy, ”ADL said in a Statement posted on x. “There is no excuse for this kind of behavior.”

In the past few days, West has spearned virulent anti -Semitic, homophobic and misogynist hatred number via his X account to his more than 32 million followers. Celebrities, Jewish groups, anti-hatred organizations and other X-accounts had pleaded by Elon Musk’s X-platform to intervene, although Musk himself has taken controversy with its own behavior and comments about the Holocaust.

Some of West’s X -positions had visibility restrictions placed on them, including those with homophobic statements and another who spoke of violence against Jews. A note attached to some posts said. “This post may be contrary to X’s rules against hateful behavior,” adds that the post “cannot be answered, shared or likes.”

Sunday night West seemed to disable his own account. “I log out of Twitter. I appreciate Elon for having allowed myself to air, it has been very catartic to use the world as a sounding table, ”he released.