Trump issue statement after meta announces end of two-year Facebook ban allowing him to return to the platform has solely used truth social after he was banned from Facebook Twitter Instagram Snapchat and YouTube in 2021 former president Trump took to social media Wednesday afternoon to chat Facebook and parent company meta for.
Banning him in the first place following their announcement he would be reinstated to the platform after his two-year ban Facebook which has lost billions of dollars in value since de-platforming your favorite President me has just announced that they are reinstating my account he wrote shortly after 4 pm such.
A thing should never again happen to a sitting president or anybody else who is not deserving of Retribution in the post the former president also thanked truth social his own platform for doing an incredible job for having him and for their recent success meta who also owns and operates Instagram announced on Wednesday VL blog.
Post that it would be ending Trump's suspension on both social media Platforms in the coming weeks Trump says Facebook needs U.S more than we need them as campaign calls for reinstatement former president Donald Trump on September 3rd 2022 in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania.
Former president Donald Trump on September 3rd 2022 in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania Spencer Platt slash Getty Images Nick Clegg president of global Affairs at Mata said the company determined Trump is no longer a serious risk to Public Safety and they had the guard rails in place for his return.
To assess whether the serious risk to Public Safety that existed in January 2021 has sufficiently receded we have evaluated the current environment according to our crisis policy protocol which included looking at the conduct of the U.S 2022 midterm elections and expert assessments on the current security environment Clegg wrote.
Our determination is that the risk has sufficiently receded and that we should therefore adhere to the two-year timeline we set out as such we will be reinstating Mr Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks however we are doing so with new guardrails in place to deter repeat.
Offenses the suspension was initially and stated following the capital Riot on January 6 2021 when the platform said it would be booting Trump indefinitely for his alleged involvement the decision Drew backlash across the political spectrum and was the first time a sitting president was barred from.
Facebook at the time Trump was also banned from Twitter Youtube and Snapchat an image of former president Donald Trump is displayed as members of the House select committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the U.S Capitol in the Canon house office building on Capitol Hill on December 19.
2022 in Washington D.C an image of former president Donald Trump is displayed as members of the House select committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the U.S Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill on December 19 2022 in Washington D.C Jim low skalso pool Getty Images.
Click said Facebook evaluated the suspension later that year in June 2021 when it changed the ban to a minimum of two years until January 2023 the guardrails include a heightened penalty for a repeat offense should Trump violate the platform's terms of service or contribute to conversations that do not violate our community.
Standards but that contributes to the sort of risk that materialized on January 6 Clegg said flashback Trump slams Facebook ban as total disgrace says big tech companies must pay a political price in light of his Trump's violations he now faces heightened penalties for repeat offenses penalties which will.
Apply to other public figures whose accounts are reinstated from suspensions related to civil unrest under our updated protocol Clegg continued Wednesday a repeat offense of Clegg said would result in another ban ranging from one month to two years based on the severity of the violation.
Clague also recognized Trump's return to the platform would spark a backlash among his critics in an exclusive interview Trump previously told Fox News digital that Facebook has lost 700 billion dollars since I was de-platformed it has been considered a major business mistake for them Twitter and others he.
Added if they took us back it would help them greatly and that's okay with me Trump said earlier this month but they need us more than we need them Trump campaign spokesman Stephen Chung told Fox News digital that Trump heavily relied on Facebook ad sales during his successful 2016 campaign when he.
Defeated Hillary Clinton Eva Marie oscatigi Bloomberg via Getty Images Trump spent 44 million dollars between June and November 2016. Chung said citing nearly 6 million different versions of ads that Trump ran the Republican former president announced his 2024 presidential campaign.
In November and is the only candidate currently in the race his bid could set up a possible rematch with President Biden
