The social networking giant
Meta
has authorized the return of
Donald Trump
to
, from where he had been suspended two years ago, after
his followers'
assault on the United States
Capitol
, to prevent the ratification of the results of the 2020 elections. , which Joe Biden won.
The decision will be effective in the coming weeks, as announced by the manager of Meta and former British Deputy Prime Minister
Nick Clegg
.
With the measure, Trump will be able to once again have a presence on both Facebook and Instagram, where he has, respectively, 34 and 23 million followers.
In 2016 and 2020, Trump's electoral campaigns were based to a large extent on Facebook, in order to capture an audience of a certain age, which is the one that uses that social network the most.
In fact, much of Trump's electoral success in 2016 is attributed to his Facebook operation.
The news comes just two months after
Elon Musk
allowed Trump's return to Twitter, from where he had also been permanently expelled as a result of the events of January 6, 2021. Trump, however, has not tweeted, possibly to avoid compete with their own social network
Truth Social
.
The former president launched his campaign for the 2024 elections last November.
Social networks play an increasingly important role in political campaigns.
This week, the media in the United States have reported that
and
YouTube
(the latter owned by
Alphabet
, the owner of Google), have removed a video of Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
, in which he was accused of consenting to a 2002 massacre of Muslims in his state of
Gujarat
.
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