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Facebook and Instagram lift Trump ban

Newsday

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Donald Trump will be allowed back on to Facebook and Instagram, after Meta announced it would be ending its two-year suspension of his accounts. In a statement, Nick Clegg, Meta's president of global affairs, said the public "should be able to hear what their politicians are saying". The then-US president was indefinitely suspended from Facebook and Instagram after the Capitol riot in 2021. The firm had taken action following Mr Trump's "praise for people engaged in violence at the Capitol", said Mr Clegg, adding a review found that Mr Trump's accounts no longer represented a serious risk to public safety. But because of Mr Trump's past "violations" he would now face heightened penalties for repeat offences. Shirin Ghaffary is the Senior Social Media Reporter for Vox. She told Newsday: 鈥淗is advisers are reportedly mulling over what his first tweet could be and how he could return to more mainstream platforms鈥� It鈥檚 gonna be a huge mess.鈥� (Picture: Shows former US President Donald Trump using his cell-phone in the White House on June 18th 2020. Credit: Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images.)

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