HERE'S DONNY
DONALD Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts have been restored after his tirade remarks leading up to the January 6 Capitol riots led to a two-year suspension.
Donny's return to the -owned platforms comes months after new chief restored the former president's access to the site in November.
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's final post before his suspension came during the Capitol siege in 2021 when he called for "peaceful protests."
His last post came a day before the Capitol riots, where he announced the time and location of his Save America March in .
On January 25, Meta announced the pending restoration of Trump's accounts, saying the company did not want to get in the way of "open, public and democratic debates" on the platforms.
"The public should be able to hear what their politicians are saying — the good, the bad and the ugly — so that they can make informed choices at the ballot box," the social media giant .
"But that does not mean there are no limits to what people can say on our platform," Meta added.
"When there is a clear risk of real world harm — a deliberately high bar for Meta to intervene in public discourse — we act."
After his social media accounts across all major platforms were suspended, Trump turned to his Truth Social to broadcast his messages to his MAGA followers.
On January 6, 2021, pro-Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in Washington, DC to stop from counting electoral votes to confirm President-elect as the new president.
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Twitter was the first platform to ban the former president, saying his tweets broke the company's rules against glorifying violence.
The move quickly created a domino effect, leading Facebook, Instagram, , , , and other internet companies to suspend Trump from their platforms.
However, unlike Meta, after his Twitter takeover, Musk started a poll on the platform asking its users whether Trump's account should be reinstated or not.
A majority vote for Trump led to his access back on the platform, with Musk announcing: "The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated. Vox Populi, Vox Dei."
Despite being allowed back on the blue bird app, Trump has stuck with Truth Social.
"I am staying on Truth," Trump told last October.
"I like it better, I like the way it works. I like Elon, but I’m staying on Truth," he added.
Meanwhile, Meta laid out "new guardrails" for how it will handle possible rules violations by Trump if he opts to return to Meta’s platforms.
According to the platform, Trump can get suspended again, but a permanent ban will no longer be on the table.
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“In the event that Mr. Trump posts further violating content, the content will be removed and he will be suspended for between one month and two years, depending on the severity of the violation,” Meta said.
They announced that new, harsher penalties for repeat violations will also apply to other public figures whose accounts are reinstated following suspensions related to civil unrest.
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