Meta has decided to lift restrictions on Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, even as the Republican presidential candidate has escalated his rhetoric against its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.
The social media company said in a post on Friday that Trump would “no longer be subject to the heightened suspension penalties” as it believes “that the American people should be able to hear from the nominees for president on the same basis”.
Trump used social media as a megaphone to secure the 2016 presidency and throughout his time in the White House. However, he had his Meta accounts frozen for two years from early 2021, following his claims that the 2020 election was rigged and his praise of a group of his supporters who stormed the US Capitol on January 6 2021.