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Donald Trump's New Year's Eve Party: "It's Meta's Duty To Keep Something Like This Off Its Platforms"
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The social networks Facebook and Instagram may lift the blocks of ex-US President Donald Trump.
But the process is delayed, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
The parent company Meta will make a decision this month.
The group had set up a working group to decide the question, the newspaper reported, citing those involved.
But Nick Clegg, Meta's head of corporate communications, had previously announced a decision for January 7th.
That would be exactly two years after the suspension, which was also supported by the group's Oversight Board.
He himself was ultimately responsible for it, he had explained.
Trump himself wants – so far – to remain on Truth Social
Several US Democrats had recently asked Meta to refuse Trump to return to the platforms.
He continues to post "harmful election content" and would do so again on Facebook and Instagram if given the chance.
"His words can only serve as an incitement to violence, and it is Meta's duty to keep such things off his platforms," they wrote in a letter to Clegg.
Last November, new Twitter owner Elon Musk reactivated Trump's account.
Before he was banned, Trump had more than 88 million followers on Twitter.
As president, the ministry was one of his primary vehicles for disseminating his policies and controversial views.
Shortly before the end of his presidency, he was banned by the Twitter owners at the time.
His comments on Twitter about the storming of the US Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021 were decisive. At the time, a mob of Trump supporters wanted to use force to prevent parliamentarians from officially confirming Joe Biden's election victory.
Trump, who wants to run again in the upcoming presidential election, sees no reason to use Twitter again, according to earlier information.
He wants to stay true to his own platform, Truth Social.
There, however, he is followed by just under 4.6 million users.
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