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Meta has announced that it will end former United States President Donald Trump’s suspension across its major platforms, Facebook and Instagram, in coming weeks.
The social media giant made this known on Wednesday evening in a blog post by the President of Global Affairs at Meta, Nick Clegg.
Clegg wrote, “To assess whether the serious risk to public safety that existed in January 2021 has sufficiently receded, we have evaluated the current environment according to our Crisis Policy Protocol, which included looking at the conduct of the US 2022 midterm elections, and expert assessments on the current security environment.
“Our determination is that the risk has sufficiently receded, and that we should therefore adhere to the two-year timeline we set out. As such, we will be reinstating Mr. Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks. However, we are doing so with new guardrails in place to deter repeat offenses.”
