Business Insider USMeta will decide whether to unban former president Donald Trump from Facebook and Instagram later this month, according to the Financial Times.Meta will decide whether to reinstate Donald Trump's accounts on its platforms this month.
Facebook and Instagram suspended his accounts in January 2021 for inciting his supporters to storm the US Capitol. Meta policy chief Nick Clegg will decide whether the ban should be lifted, sources said, per the Financial Times.Meta is set to announce if former US President Donald Trump will be allowed to return to Facebook and Instagram, according to theThe social media giant will decide later this month whether Trump will have his ban lifted from its platforms, a source with knowledge of the matter told the UK publication.
Meta's potentially divisive ruling will come as Trump ramps up his 2024 election campaign after he announced he would run for a second non-consecutive term as American president in November 2022. It had previously pledged to announce whether Trump's suspension would be lifted on January 7, 2023, but is now likely to delay that decision to later in the month, the FT reported.