Donald Trump will within the next few weeks regain access to his accounts on Facebook and Instagram, this is now announced by Meta, which owns the platforms. At the same time, Meta states that new measures are being put in place to ensure that Trump does not spread lies in social media. This means, among other things, stricter penalties for repeated violations, penalties that will also apply to other public figures whose accounts are reactivated after suspensions.
“If Mr. Trump publishes any further posts that violate the rules, these will be removed and he will be suspended for between one month and two years, depending on the severity of the violation,” Clegg wrote, according to NBC News.
Earlier this year, Trump, through his lawyers, demanded that Facebook open his account. The ex-president was ported a day after the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Congress and has since tried several times to get back but has been constantly denied.
“Something like this must never again happen to a sitting president, or anyone else who does not deserve retribution,” Trump writes on his own platform Truth Social after Meta’s decision to let him back in.