In this article META Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Former President Donald Trump speaks during his campaign rally at the Trump National Doral Golf Club on July 09, 2024 in Doral, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images Meta said Friday it will remove any previously imposed penalties and restrictions on former president Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts, as the upcoming 2024 U.S.
presidential election nears. The company first took action against Trump's social media accounts in 2021, shortly after the Jan. 6 insurrection in Washington D.
C. At the time, Meta suspended Trump's accounts for a two-year period, after it deemed that some of the former president's actions, such as praising the Capitol Rioters, were a potential risk for inciting more violence. In January 2023, Meta said it would reinstate Trump on its platform, and he regained access to his accounts the following month.
But Trump was still subject to remaining penalties and restrictions that could have led to his social media accounts facing long suspensions. After Meta's Friday announcement, though, if Trump were to violate Meta's community guidelines, he would face a much shorter possible suspension that could last only a few days, as opposed to a lengthier suspension under the previously imposed penalties. Meta's president of global affairs, Nick Clegg, wrote in the Friday blog post that the original suspension and penalties "were a response to extreme and extraordinary.
