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Meta suspends ban, Trump to return after two years on Facebook and Instagram
The social networking giant Meta has announced that it has ended the two-year suspension of the former president of the United States of America, Donald Trump, from its Facebook and Instagram platforms.
Calling the suspension an "extraordinary decision made under extraordinary circumstances," Meta issued a press release on its website, saying it would allow Trump to return to its platforms "in the coming weeks." .
"Social media is rooted in the belief that open debate and the free flow of ideas are important values, especially at a time when they are under threat in many countries around the world," wrote Nick Clegg, Metta's president of global affairs. .
The suspension was originally approved on January 7, 2021, a day after Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to decertify the 2020 presidential election, which the Republican had lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
In one of his last Facebook messages before his suspension, Trump continued to spread misinformation about the election results.
He also used the platform to denounce his vice president, Mike Pence, who had overseen the certification of votes.
"Mike Pence didn't have the guts to do what needed to be done to protect our country and our Constitution, giving states a chance to prove a set of corrected facts, not the misleading or inaccurate ones they were asked to prove anymore." first,” Trump wrote at the time.
However, Meta said it would put in place "new safeguards to prevent repeat violations". M He also vowed to limit the distribution of posts that could contribute "to the kind of danger that materialized on Jan. 6," during the attack on the Capitol, citing content that "delegitimizes the upcoming election."
Meta also "may temporarily limit access to our advertising tools" in case of repeat violations. The company said these fines will also apply to "other public figures whose accounts have been reinstated from suspensions related to civil unrest."
The company has faced criticism for not doing more to censor hate speech, misinformation and other violations of its content rules. In 2021, for example, Rohingya refugees filed a lawsuit against the owner of Facebook for its alleged role in promoting violence against the ethnic group in Myanmar.
Meta recently announced it would remove "content that supports or glorifies" the attack on government buildings in Brazil on January 8 this year, in another incident of far-right supporters attempting to subvert an election. This attack has been widely compared to the 2021 US Capitol riots.
Source: AL Jazzera