Nick Clegg, Meta’s head of global affairs, writes on the company’s website that within the next few weeks Trump will regain access to his accounts and that new measures are being put in place to ensure he does not spread lies.
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 after the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Congress and has since tried several times to get back but has been constantly denied.
Trump’s account had 34 million followers before it was taken down, and his lawyers argued in a letter last week that Facebook’s actions have “dramatically distorted and inhibited the public conversation.” The company then announced that an answer would come later in January.
At the end of November, Trump was allowed onto Twitter, where he was also suspended. However, he has yet to tweet.
Trump announced last November that he is running as the Republican presidential candidate in the 2024 election.