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Meta, the parent company of social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, has decided to remove restrictions placed on former President Donald Trump\u2019s accounts.<\/p>\n
Meta<\/a> updated its original statement announcing the end of Trump\u2019s suspension on Facebook and Instagram in January of 2023 to reflect the Republican presumptive presidential nominee\u2019s new online status. Axios<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>first reported on the news.<\/p>\n Meta removed Trump from all of its platforms following the attack on the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 amid \u201cextreme and highly unusual circumstances,\u201d according to Meta\u2019s original statement.<\/p>\n Seven people<\/a> were killed as a result of violence on or collateral damage as a result of the attack on the Capitol building.<\/p>\n The following May, the Oversight Board<\/a> ruled that Facebook failed to apply an appropriate penalty with its indefinite suspension of Trump\u2019s accounts for \u201cseverely\u201d violating Facebook and Instagram\u2019s community guidelines and standards. Trump said in a video statement released less than three hours after the violence began \u201cWe love you. You\u2019re very special\u201d and called the insurrectionists \u201cgreat patriots.\u201d Those and other statements made in the wake of the US Capitol attack convinced the board that Trump violated its standard against praising or supporting people engaging in violence on its platforms.<\/p>\n Two years later, Meta restored Trump\u2019s accounts following a time-bound suspension with stricter penalties for violating its terms of service, a standard that was higher than any other user on Facebook and Instagram. Meta noted in its latest update that the ex-president will be subject to the same standard as everyone else.<\/p>\n \u201cWith the party conventions taking place shortly, including the Republican convention next week, the candidates for President of the United States will soon be formally nominated,\u201d according to Meta\u2019s statement. \u201cIn assessing our responsibility to allow political expression, we believe that the American people should be able to hear from the nominees for President on the same basis.\u201d<\/p>\n Twitter, now X, also took action against President Trump in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection on the Capitol for three tweets he posted that were labeled for inciting violence. It started with a 12-hour suspension<\/a> on Jan. 6, 2021. Two days later, Twitter banned him completely<\/a> after determining that subsequent posts also violated its community standards. The following year, Twitter\u2019s new owner Elon Musk conducted an informal poll<\/a> on his account asking if he should remove President Trump\u2019s ban and reinstated his account<\/a> a few days later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n