Meta Platforms Inc said Wednesday it will restore former U.S. President Donald Trump\u0027s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks.
We apologize, but this video has failed to load.The decision, while widely expected, drew sharp rebukes from civil rights advocates. “Facebook has policies but they under-enforce them,” said Laura Murphy, an attorney who led a two-year long audit of Facebook concluding in 2020. “I worry about Facebook’s capacity to understand the real world harm that Trump poses: Facebook has been too slow to act.
The company indefinitely revoked Trump’s access to his Facebook and Instagram accounts after removing two of his posts during the Capitol Hill violence, including a video in which he reiterated his false claim of widespread voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election.Article content Whether, and how, Trump will seize upon the opportunity to return to Facebook and Instagram is unclear.
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