Menlo, CA. (SONNA) – The big tech company, Meta, has finally ended two years of restrictions that have closed former President Trump\u2019s accounts on Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n
In a press release issued on Meta\u2019s website on Wednesday, it stated that it would allow Trump to return to the platform \u201cin the coming weeks\u201d and referred to the suspension as \u201can extraordinary decision under extraordinary circumstances\u201d.<\/p>\n
Nick Clegg, Meta\u2019s President of International Affairs, stated in the release that \u201csocial media is based on the belief that open discussion and the free expression of ideas are important values, especially at a time when they are at risk in many parts of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
The suspension was originally put into effect on January 7, 2021, a day after Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to disrupt the 2020 presidential election, in which Democrat Joe Biden was declared the winner.<\/p>\n
In Wednesday\u2019s decision, Meta stated that it had assessed whether the serious threat to public safety that existed in January 2021 has sufficiently decreased and determined that it had.<\/p>\n
However, Meta also announced that it would introduce \u2018new safeguards to prevent repeated offences\u2019 including \u201cenhanced penalties\u201d with additional fines that can last anywhere from one month to two years. They also promised to limit the distribution of posts that may contribute to \u201cthe kind of danger that happened on January 6,\u201d referring to the events of the attack on the Capitol.<\/p>\n