The Facebook and Instagram account of Donald Trump is to be restored in the coming weeks. He was banned from social media platforms for nearly two years after his posts supposedly incited people to the US Capitol.
Here is everything you need to know.
Donald Trump’s suspension on Instagram and Facebook comes to an end
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, took to the internet to announce that the handles of Donald Trump will be reinstated soon. It comes after two years when they were indefinitely suspended.
Moreover, Nick Clegg, Meta`s President of Global Affairs Meta confirmed the news in a blog post on Wednesday.
They penned, ‘The suspension was an extraordinary decision taken in extraordinary circumstances. The normal state of affairs is that the public should be able to hear from a former President of the United States, and a declared candidate for that office again, on our platforms.’
Additionally, they continued, ‘But that does not mean there are no limits to what people can say on our platform. When there is a clear risk of real-world harm – a deliberately high bar for Meta to intervene in public discourse – we act.’
Meanwhile, the former United States President’s Facebook and Instagram restoration comes two months after his Twitter handle was reinstated on 20th November.
For the unversed, the billionaire owner of the bird company, Elon Musk held a poll on the platform asking users whether Trump’s account should be restored.
Trump has not yet written a post on Twitter following his restoration. He instead uses Truth social to share messages with his supporters.
Donald Trump was banned for inciting the violent insurrection in the U.S. Capitol
Donald Trump shared posts allegedly to incite his supporters. They stormed the US Capitol building in Washington on 6th January 2021.
In addition, the incident took place following Trump’s loss in the US Presidential elections. Also, Trump uploaded a couple of statements on his social media platforms claiming that the polls were rigged.
Furthermore, Trump was also booted from other social media platforms such as Pinterest, Shopify Twitch, Snapchat, Reddit along with TikTok.
Moreover, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirms that Trump’s Instagram and Facebook accounts will be suspended a day after the violence.
They wrote that Trump allegedly used the sites to ‘incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government.’
Besides that, the congressional committee investigating Capitol’s violent attack recommended that Trump should be prosecuted under four criminal charges.