Donald Trump, a former President of the United States has been granted access to his Facebook and Instagram accounts after a two-year ban.
Meta, the parent company of both social media platforms, announced in January that it was reconsidering the suspension of the politician’s accounts effected back in January 2021.
Meta’s President of Global Affairs, Nick Clegg, said the company carried out an assessment to determine “whether the serious risk to public safety that existed in January 2021 has sufficiently receded.”
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“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.
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“Our determination is that the risk has sufficiently receded, and that we should therefore adhere to the two-year timeline we set out,” he continued.
Clegg, however, added that the reinstatement will only come after some weeks in order to put in place “guardrails” which will “deter repeat offences.”
