Meta will allow Donald Trump to restore his Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks after a 2-year ban: report
, which first reported the news, Nick Clegg, Meta's president of global affairs, said the company had decided to allow Trump to regain access to his account shortly ahead of the 2024 election cycle.
"We just do not want — if he is to return to our services — for him to do what he did on January 6, which is to use our services to delegitimize the 2024 election, much as he sought to discredit the 2020 election," Clegg said. "We've always believed that Americans should be able to hear from the people who want to lead the country."
"Like any other Facebook or Instagram user, Mr. Trump is subject to our Community Standards," Clegg said in a statement on Meta's website."In light of his violations, he now also faces heightened penalties for repeat offenses — penalties which will apply to other public figures whose accounts are reinstated from suspensions related to civil unrest under ourTrump could be banned for between one month, and two years if he is to violate past or new policies, the company added.
In a post on Truth Social, the social media platform founded by Trump after his Twitter and Facebook bans, Trump weighed in on his reinstatement, writing: "FACEBOOK, which has lost Billions of Dollars in value since"deplatforming" your favorite President, me, has just announced that they are reinstating my account.
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