Some domestic violence experts warn that the presence on social media of rapper formerly known as Kanye West, who has become more confrontational towards estranged wife Kim Kardashian and others during the ongoing divorce process, corresponds to signs of abuse.
Ye was temporarily banned this week by Instagram after violating the platform’s policies on hate speech, bullying and harassment.
Ruth Glenn, executive director of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), noted that Ye’s escalation on social media is typical of patterns of abuse.
“There is nothing better to exercise your control and power than to disrupt the world around that person and go after the things and people they love and care about,” Glenn said.
“There is nothing better to exercise your control and power than to disrupt the world around that person and go after the things and people they love and care about.”
said Ruth Glenn, executive director of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
“It’s very annoying that he’s also using a public forum to make these kinds of threats and, quite frankly, get away with it,” she said.
The rapper has not responded to requests for comment and has not publicly addressed the Instagram ban since its implementation Wednesday.
Ye’s Instagram has been banned from posting, commenting, and sending direct messages for 24 hours. A Meta spokesperson said earlier this week that additional steps will be taken if he continues not to follow Instagram’s community guidelines.
Deborah Vaggins, president and CEO of the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), said domestic violence includes more than physical violence. Emotional abuse can include constant criticism, name-calling, threats, isolating victims from their friends and family, excessive jealousy, and observing “where you go and who you talk to.”
Ye contested Kardashian’s divorce requests and used Instagram to proclaim his devotion to her and criticize her paternity and threatened Her current boyfriend is Pete Davidson. In a music video for his new song “Easy,” Yi beheaded a Davidson-like character and included the track, “God saved me from this meltdown, just so I can beat Pete Davidson’s ass.”
In court documents filed last month asking a judge to restore her status as a single person, Kardashian wrote that Yee’s Instagram posts caused “emotional distress.”
A Meta spokesperson confirmed that content was removed from Ye’s account for violations of Community Guidelines this week after he used racial slurs in a post about “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah. Noah defend Kardashian drew attention to the questions some women face when trying to leave an unhealthy relationship.
“what [Kardashian is] “Going through it is terrifying and watching it, and it highlights what a lot of women go through when they choose to leave,” Noah said during the clip. “People always say this phrase to women. They say, ‘Why didn’t you leave?…Because a lot of women realize that when they leave, the man is going to get crazier. And when I say ‘crazy’, I don’t mean mental health madness.”
Noah raised concerns that a woman with power and influence was not immune to harassment from her ex-husband.
He continued, “What we’re seeing… is one of the most powerful and richest women in the world, unable to convince her ex-husband to stop texting her, stop stalking her, stop harassing her.” “Just think about that for a moment. Think about how strong Kim Kardashian was, and she couldn’t make it.”
Fagins emphasized that the abuse was “widespread and widespread.” Although she couldn’t comment specifically on Yi and Kardashian’s relationship, she said the abuse affects people “regardless of race, class, gender, or orientation.”
Even if someone left, she said, many abusers would try to make their ex-partners feel helpless by exercising control over “the people in their network.”
“Emotional abuse is a way of keeping that power in control, and emotional abuse can make them feel responsible for the abuse,” Faggins said. “Technological abuse and verbal abuse have the same effect as physical abuse.”
Glenn said that mistreating a loved one is an option.
“I’m going to think about mental health, I’m going to think about substance abuse, and we’re going to look at other risk factors, but they’re not what triggered this behavior,” Glenn said. “This behavior is a choice. Choosing Ye to do this is abuse.”
Some said Ye shows artistic expression in the video and song featuring Davidson’s name and likeness.
Faggins said NNEDV is not “in a position to talk about creative expression,” but has sided with Meta to enforce its policies. Punishing hate speech is different from censoring art.
“These platforms have a code of conduct that must be followed so that we do not normalize this type of violence towards people,” she said.
Glenn said Yi’s public treatment of Kardashian and her loved ones is unacceptable, but it does highlight how widespread domestic violence is.
Glenn said, “I hope that when these high-profile cases come up…this nation begins to understand that victims come from all walks of life. This is just a microcosm of what is happening across the country because these are high-profile cases, but the victims are being abused by people Who care about them everywhere.
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