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From The Hill: Meta said Friday that it has removed additional guardrails on former President Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the run-up to the 2024 election.
“With the party conventions taking place shortly, including the Republican convention next week, the candidates for President of the United States will soon be formally nominated,” Meta wrote in an update.
“In assessing our responsibility to allow political expression, we believe that the American people should be able to hear from the nominees for President on the same basis,” it continued.
“All US Presidential candidates remain subject to the same Community Standards as all Facebook and Instagram users, including those policies designed to prevent hate speech and incitement to violence,” Meta added in the announcement.
Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts were suspended in January 2021, as the social media giant accused him of inciting the January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol. His accounts were reinstated in January 2023, but with strict penalties for “repeat offenses,” which have not occurred.
Axios first reported on the announcement.
Meta on Friday said it would soon roll back restrictions it placed on former President Donald Trump’s Instagram and Facebook accounts.https://t.co/VBqBsWNc8V
— Axios (@axios) July 12, 2024
