CNBC – Facebook will allow former President Donald Trump to return to its platform, the company announced, two years after his suspension was enacted following the 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Facebook, Twitter and Google-owned YouTube all made the unprecedented decision to block the sitting U.S. president from their platforms at the time, after they determined doing so outweighed the risk of potential further incitement of violence. The platforms’ bans varied in their degrees, however, with Twitter opting for a permanent ban and Facebook saying its suspension was temporary, eventually setting a timeline of two years before it reviewed the decision.
