Nick Clegg, president of global affairs for Facebook parent company Meta said Thursday that former President Donald Trump could be reinstated on the social media platform in January.
Trump was suspended from Facebook last January, following “his praise for people engaged in violence at the Capitol,” during the fatal Jan. 6 riots. Later that year, an oversight board upheld the two-year suspension.
“At the end of this period, we will look to experts to assess whether the risk to public safety has receded. We will evaluate external factors, including instances of violence, restrictions on peaceful assembly and other markers of civil unrest,” said a June 2021 message from Clegg. “If we determine that there is still a serious risk to public safety, we will extend the restriction for a set period of time and continue to re-evaluate until that risk has receded.”
As of this week, Clegg said “he could be,” regarding the possibility that Trump could be back on the platform in January.
“If you have this significant ability to take decisions which affect the public realm as a private sector company, you need to act with great caution and reticence,” he said. You shouldn’t throw your weight about.”
Before joining the Facebook team in 2018, Clegg was a member of the European Parliament, served as the leader of the Liberal Democrat party in the U.K. and served as Deputy Prime Minister in the U.K. from 2010 to 2015.
Around the same time that Facebook suspended Trump, Twitter also issued a “permanent” suspension of Trump’s account. A message from the company explained that he had violated the Twitter’s “glorification of violence” rules.
“The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form,” reads a tweet cited by the company.
Earlier this year, Elon Musk indicated that he would allow Trump to return to the platform as he attempted to purchase Twitter. As of Friday, Musk had not managed to purchase it.
Since he was banned from two of the most popular social media platforms, Trump developed his own platform, Truth Social, headed by former California congressman Devin Nunes. He has also continued to promote unfounded claims of election fraud that played a part in the Capitol riot.
This Monday, Trump mentioned “widespread Election Fraud in Georgia,” in a post on his website. Additionally, a report this week revealed that even those close to Trump are confused as to why he continues to promote conspiracy theories on his Truth Social platform.
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