Kanye West has been suspended from Twitter after he tweeted an image of a swastika, hours after he praised Hitler and made antisemitic jokes in an interview with the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

The American rapper, 45, who has legally changed his name to Ye, was only allowed back on to the social media platform two weeks ago after he was banned over other antisemitic posts.

Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of Twitter, confirmed West had been suspended for violating its policies against inciting violence.

He had shared an image of a swastika entwined with a Star of David.

Replying to one Twitter user, who asked him to “fix Kanye”, Musk said: “I tried my best.

“Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended.”

West posted a screenshot showing he was locked out of his Twitter account for 12 hours on Truth Social, the social media platform created by Donald Trump, the former US president.