Trump’s Facebook, Instagram accounts to be restored ‘in coming weeks’, says Meta – National | globalnews.ca

former american president Donald Trump’s Facebook And instagram The accounts will be restored in the coming weeks, according to a statement released by metaOwner of both platforms.

Meta imposed a two-year suspension on Trump’s accounts on January 7, 2021, following an attack on the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. by supporters of the former president who refused to acknowledge their defeat in the 2020 presidential election Was. He praised the protesters who stormed the Capitol Building.

In a statement released on Wednesday, Meta said “new railings have been installed to prevent a repeat of the offences.”

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“In the event that Mr. Trump infringes on content, the content will be removed and he will be suspended for one month to two years, depending on the severity of the violation,” it said.

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Responding to Meta’s announcement, Trump wrote on his own platform, Truth Social, “Such a thing should never happen again to a sitting president or anyone else who doesn’t deserve retribution!”

The former president said Facebook “has lost billions of dollars in value since ‘deplatforming’ your favorite president.”

He praised Truth Social, which remains his primary method of communication despite Twitter being reinstated in November 2022.

Trump’s statement did not indicate whether he would return to Facebook or Instagram once his accounts were reinstated.

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