Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram account restored, banned for 2 years after Capitol Hill violence

Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) has activated the Facebook and Instagram accounts of former US President Donald Trump. Meta spokesman Andy Stone confirmed this. Trump’s account has been reinstated on January 6, 2021, following a two-year suspension following the Capitol Hill violence. In January, Meta said it would lift Trump’s suspension “in the coming weeks”. Along with this, it was said on behalf of Meta that if the former president violates the content policy again, the penalty of suspension will be increased between one month and two years.

There was a time when Trump was Twitter’s favorite and Twitter was Trump’s favourite. Trump is said to have played a major role in hitting Twitter. Twitter also played a big role in making Trump the President. But in January last year, when Twitter deleted Trump’s account on charges of inciting US Capitol Hills violence. Social media platform Twitter also removed his account from the platform, but recently restored his account after Elon Musk took over the reins of the company. Trump has been speaking through his own site, ‘Truth Social’, after being banned from mainstream social media platforms.