Edited by| Christian Megan

26- Jan.- 2023- Washington

 

       After 2 years of banning, former American president Donald Trump's accounts on Facebook and Instagram will be opened again.

The suspension was an extraordinary decision taken in extraordinary circumstances," Meta said in a Wednesday news release.
"The normal state of affairs is that the public should be able to hear from a former President of the United States, and a declared candidate for that office again, on our platforms.

Now that the time period of the suspension has elapsed, the question is not whether we choose to reinstate Mr. Trump’s accounts, but whether there remain such extraordinary circumstances that extending the suspension beyond the original two-year period is justified."
The tech company noted that Trump is a user of their sites just like anybody else, and would face "heightened penalties for repeat offenses" for violating the rules.
"In the event that Mr. Trump posts further violating content, the content will be removed and he will be suspended for between one month and two years, depending on the severity of the violation," it added.
Trump's accounts on Facebook and Instagram, as well as on social media site Twitter, were suspended on January 7, 2021, a day after thousands of his followers stormed the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC, in an attempt to overturn the results of the November 2020 election. The insurrection happened immediately after Trump gave a speech to his followers outside the White House in which he accused Democratic rival Joe Biden of winning the election through fraud and told the rallygoers to "Stop the Steal."