Facebook Inc. has suspended former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts for two years.
Also, blocked indefinitely from both sites in January. After, he made posts on the US Capitol riots, but last month Facebook’s Oversight Board criticized the open-ended penalty.
Facebook said Mr. Donald’s actions were “a severe violation of our rules”.
Mr. Trump said the move was “an insult” to the millions who voted for him in last year’s presidential election.
Facebook’s move comes as the social media giant is also ending a policy shielding politicians from some content moderation rules.
It said that it would no longer give politicians immunity for deceptive or abusive content based on their comments being newsworthy.
Donald John Trump responded,
“Next time I’m in the White House there will be no more dinners, at his request, with Mark Zuckerberg and his wife,” the former president said. “It will be all business!”.
The move by Facebook allows the former president to return to the platform before the 2024 presidential election.
Earlier this week, it emerged that the communications platform set up by Mr. T in the wake of his social media bans ; From the Desk of Donald J Trump – has been permanently shut down.
In addition to Facebook, which has over two billion monthly users, ex-president US has also been banned from Twitter, YouTube, Snapchat, Twitch and other social media platforms over the January riot.