Restrictions on Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts to be rolled back
- Americans should be able to hear from all US presidential nominees on the same basis, parent company Meta says
Meta said on Friday it was rolling back some restrictions that had applied to former US president Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts.
The social media company indefinitely suspended Trump’s accounts following his praise of people who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
The company then reinstated his accounts in early 2023, saying it would monitor Trump’s posts for further violations that could result in another suspension of between one month and two years.
Trump, who is running against US President Joe Biden, will no longer be subject to the additional monitoring, Meta said.
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“In assessing our responsibility to allow political expression, we believe that the American people should be able to hear from the nominees for president on the same basis,” Meta said in an updated blog post.
