Meta reinstates Trump’s Facebook, Instagram accounts
TECHDIGEST – Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Platforms has reinstated the former U.S. President Donald Trump’s access to Facebook and Instagram after a two-year suspension.
Ripples Nigeria earlier reported that Facebook Global Affairs president, Nick Clegg, was considering reinstating the former president’s Facebook and Instagram accounts a few weeks ago.
Meta spokesperson, Andy Stone, has now confirmed the reinstatement in a statement seen by Ripples Nigeria on Friday.
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Checks on the former President’s account, @realdonaldtrump on Instagram, and @Donald J. Trump on Facebook also show that he has been reinstated on both platforms.
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Trump, with around 23 million followers on Instagram and 34 million on Facebook as of January, can now include Facebook and Instagram for voters’ outreach and political fundraising ahead of another run for the White House in 2024.
