Facebook parent Meta is reinstating former President Donald Trump's account after a two-year suspension following the Jan. 6 insurrection.
The company said in a blog post-Wednesday that it is adding “new guardrails” to ensure no “repeat offenders” violate its rules.
“If 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, which is based in Menlo Park, California, said.
In a post on his own social media network, Trump blasted Facebook's decision to suspend his account as he praised his site, Truth Social.
“FACEBOOK, which has lost Billions of Dollars in value since “de-platforming” your favourite President, me, has just announced that they are reinstating my account.
Such a thing should never again happen to a sitting President, or anybody else who is not deserving of retribution!” he wrote.
He was suspended on Jan. 7, a day after the deadly 2021 insurrection. Other social media companies also kicked him off their platforms, though he was recently reinstated on Twitter after Elon Musk took over the company.
He has not tweeted.
Banned from mainstream social media, Trump has been relying on Truth Social, which he launched after being blocked from Twitter.