Meta says it will reactivate Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts

New York (CNN) — Meta, the parent company of Facebook, said on wednesday that he decided to reinstate the accounts of former President Donald Trump on Facebook and Instagram in the coming weeks, after suspending him after the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

“Our determination is that the risk [para la seguridad pública] it’s slowed down enough,” Meta’s president of Global Affairs Nick Clegg said in a blog post. “As such, we will reinstate Mr. Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks. However, we are doing it with new protection measures to deter recidivism.”

With his Facebook and Instagram accounts reactivated, Trump will again gain access to huge and powerful communication and fundraising platforms just in time for his third run for the White House.

The decision, which comes on the heels of a similar move by Twitter, could also further change the landscape of how a long list of smaller platforms handle Trump’s accounts.

It was not immediately clear if Trump will take this opportunity to return to Meta platforms. Twitter restored Trump’s account in November after billionaire Elon Musk took over the platform, but the former president has yet to return to tweeting, instead opting to remain on his own social media platform, Truth Social.

But the Trump campaign sent a letter to Meta earlier this month asking the company to unlock his Facebook account, a source familiar with the letter told CNN, making his return more likely.

Trump’s representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.