Meta lifts final restrictions and says US voters should be able to hear from presidential nominees.

Meta has lifted the final restrictions on Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the run up to US presidential elections in November.

The ex-US president and convicted felon’s accounts were suspended in 2021 after he praised supporters who stormed the US Capitol on 6 January.

Trump’s accounts, which combined have over 60 million followers, were re-instated in 2023 but subject to additional monitoring, which has now been removed, the social media giant said in a blog post.

Meta said it had a responsibility to allow political expression and that Americans should be able to hear from presidential nominees on an equal basis.

  • cygnus@lemmy.ca
    14·
    6 months ago

    And in particular, they didn’t silence him because of politics, but because he was conspiring with insurrectionists. Active treason. Stochastic terrorism.

    Has he been convicted of that? We can all wring our hands as much as we want, and god knows I’m not a Trump supporter, but Facebook are not going to embroil themselves into a legal battle over this.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      Facebook does not have nearly as high a burden of proof as a court of law.

      Facebook most likely has a far larger budget for their legal team, too. I don’t think they’d be worried about a lawsuit.

      • cygnus@lemmy.ca
        12·
        6 months ago

        So Facebook is supposed to block the GOP presidential nominee because other people were charged of a crime and he was not? We’d all like that, but come on.