Trump returns to Facebook and YouTube after a two-year absence. A few days after the uprising on January 6, 2021, the platforms benched Trum...
Trump returns to Facebook and YouTube after a two-year absence.
A few days after the uprising on January 6, 2021, the platforms benched Trump.
More than two years after being barred due to the US Capitol uprising, former president Donald Trump published his first postings on his restored Facebook and YouTube accounts on Friday.
Sorry to keep you waiting – complex business," Trump said in a 12-second video clip that appeared to show him giving his victory speech after winning the 2016 election.
The 76-year-old leader of the Republican Party, who is running for president once more, hasn't been able to publish anything for his 2.6 million YouTube subscribers and 34 million Facebook fans.
Whether you like him or not, President Trump is one of the nation's most prominent politicians, and the public is very interested in hearing his speech, according to a statement from executive director Anthony Romero.
In fact, several of Trump's most insulting social media remarks served as vital supporting documentation in cases brought against him and his administration.
Yet, advocacy organizations like Media Matters for America fiercely oppose enabling Trump to take advantage of the Big Tech companies' social networking reach.
The platforms disqualified Trump days after the January 6, 2021 uprising, when a mob of his supporters seized the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., to prevent the certification of his election loss to Joe Biden.
He was punished for publishing materials that the platforms claimed incited unrest; two months after Facebook announced it was unlocking his account, YouTube announced his reinstatement.
The former reality TV star was impeached for stirring the disturbance after falsely accusing the presidential election of being stolen from him for weeks.
Keeping away from Twitter?
The Donald J. Trump channel is no longer blocked and is able to publish new video, according to a statement from YouTube.
In the run-up to an election, "we carefully analyzed the continuous potential of real-world violence, while balancing the chance for voters to hear equally from prominent national contenders."
Announcing that it would reinstate Trump's accounts on Facebook and Instagram with "additional guardrails," social media behemoth Meta did so in January.
After the riot, his 87 million-follower Twitter account was also suspended, forcing him to use Truth Social, where he has fewer than five million followers, to communicate.
Days after he declared a second run for president in November of last year, Trump was restored by Twitter's new owner, Elon Musk, but he hasn't posted since.
The American Civil Liberties Union praised Meta's choice and has brought more than 400 legal proceedings against Trump.
Trump's use of social media and his massive digital reach were attributed with contributing to his surprise victory in 2016.
In December, a US congressional committee recommended that he be charged with a crime for his involvement in the assault on the US Capitol.
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