Priti Patel has demanded a full explanation into Wiley’s anti-semitic Twitter and Instagram rants this weekend, and questions why the social media platforms did not act sooner. The Home Secretary was appalled by the Wearing My Rolex rapper’s comments on social media, in which he compared the Jewish community to the Ku Klux Klan.
He has been temporarily banned from Twitter and the Metropolitan Police said they were also investigating. Reacting to the controversy, Priti tweeted on Sunday: ‘The antisemitic posts from Wiley are abhorrent. ‘They should not have been able to remain on Twitter and Instagram for so long and I have asked them for a full explanation.’ She added: ‘Social media companies must act much faster to remove such appalling.
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