The company has lifted the ban on the Facebook and Instagram accounts of former US President Donald Trump. Meta has confirmed it by making an official announcement. Meta has also given the reason why his account was banned and under what conditions it has been restored. Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts were banned after the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021. In a blog post, the company said new rules were put in place to ensure controversial posts are not reposted. According to a report from ANI, Donald Trump’s account will be restarted in the coming days.
Meta announces that former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts will be reinstated in the coming weeks; it will come with “new railings to deter repeat crimes,” US media reports.
Trump’s accounts were suspended two years ago for inflammatory posts about riots at the Capitol pic.twitter.com/joqf50AZWS
—ANI (@ANI) January 25, 2023
His account was banned on January 6, 2021 following the attack on the US Parliament. He made a post regarding the presidential election held in 2020 that there was a lot of manipulation during the election. After this, his supporters resorted to violence in Parliament. Due to which he was accused of inciting violence through Facebook and the account was also banned. In addition to Facebook and Instagram, the microblogging site Twitter also banned his account. Donald Trump’s Twitter account was also recently restored.
After the Twitter account was banned, Donald Trump announced the launch of his own social media platform and still tweets on his own social media platform, Truth Social. Now Meta has also said that if Donald Trump makes these kinds of objectionable posts again, then his account can be blocked from one month to 2 years.
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