Meta will allow Donald Trump to restore his Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks after a 2-year ban

Mod: Think of it militarily as a counterattack by forces that haven't done well lately.  A social media 'Battle of the Bulge.'

Meta will allow Donald Trump to restore his Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks after a 2-year ban (Business Insiderlink): Former president Donald Trump's Facebook account will be restored in the next few weeks after a two-year ban, Meta announced Wednesday.

In an interview with Axios, which first reported the news, Nick Clegg, Meta's president of global affairs, said the company had made a decision to allow Trump to regain access to his account shortly ahead of the 2024 election cycle.

Clegg added that he hoped Trump wouldn't want to "delegitimize" the 2024 election as he did the 2020 election, should he decide to return to the platform.

"We just do not want — if he is to return to our services — for him to do what he did on January 6, which is to use our services to delegitimize the 2024 election, much as he sought to discredit the 2020 election,"Clegg said. "We've always believed that Americans should be able to hear from the people who want to lead the country." 

Trump, who was booted after the January 6, 2021 insurrection, would be subjected to new policies and restrictions, Clegg added. Meta did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

"Like any other Facebook or Instagram user, Mr. Trump is subject to our Community Standards,"Clegg said in a statement on Meta's website. "In light of his violations, he now also faces heightened penalties for repeat offenses — penalties which will apply to other public figures whose accounts are reinstated from suspensions related to civil unrest under our updated protocol."

Trump could be banned for between one month and two years if he is to violate past or new policies, the company added.

"We may limit the distribution of such posts, and for repeated instances, may temporarily restrict access to our advertising tools,"Clegg added. "This step would mean that content would remain visible on Mr. Trump's account but would not be distributed in people's Feeds, even if they follow Mr. Trump. We may also remove the reshare button from such posts, and may stop them being recommended or run as ads."

Mod: Though the Cleggster somehow failed to acknowledge it, this may also have something to do with creating renewed revenue and traffic for Facebook. Two things the fading social media giant is desperately in need of these days.

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