Meta has lifted the final restrictions on Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the run up to US presidential elections in November.

The ex-US president and convicted felon’s accounts were suspended in 2021 after he praised supporters who stormed the US Capitol on 6 January.

Trump’s accounts, which combined have over 60 million followers, were re-instated in 2023 but subject to additional monitoring, which has now been removed, the social media giant said in a blog post.

Meta said it had a responsibility to allow political expression and that Americans should be able to hear from presidential nominees on an equal basis.

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[–] 138 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Meta said it had a responsibility to allow political expression and that Americans should be able to hear from presidential nominees on an equal basis.

Meta said fascists should have their voices heard. Zuck's a coward, what a fucking surprise.

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  • [–] 49 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    Trump recently threatened multiple times to jail zuck. I wouldn’t be suprised if that had an impact on this decision.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Zuck’s a coward, what a fucking surprise.

    E: though tbf it wouldn't surprise me one bit if he's letting trump back on the platform because he wouldn't mind him winning. After all, trump is good for billionaires, there's no question about that..

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  • [–] 71 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Meta is cancer that has metastasized

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  • [–] 48 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I hope they know they should hide Mark Zuckerberg’s grave, because that thing is going to be so vandalized when he goes. Ill be the first to take a huge messy shit on it.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You're assuming this country won't be blown up before that time. I doubt any of us poors will live to see the day these assholes die. I've always wanted to watch trump have an aneurysm while at his Hitler esk rallies. Sadly that probably won't happen.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago*

    We won't see it, but at least we will die with other people. They're going out just like those billionaires on the Titanic sub - alone in a hostile environment, scared, banking stupidly on their own hubris instead of science.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That makes sense. It's hard to foment an insurrection or race massacre when most of your loyal soldiers don't use Truth Social.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago

    That’s meta Being scared that Trump is going to win

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago

    A few days after trump threated to arrest zuck after the election? What a surprise

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago

    I'm sure this time he will respect the rules.

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  • [+] 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    there are still undecided voters and/or unmotivated voters.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago

    Oh wow what terrible timing

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Gotta let a traitor be traitorous because the country might decide we want to overthrow the country again...

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm pretty sure 'the country' decided against overthrowing 'the country'. The Minority Against Governing in America was largely rebuffed. Though I'm deeply concerned that they have not stopped planning their insurrection, and will try again.

    "3 years later, Jan. 6 by the numbers: More than 1,200 charged, more than 460 imprisoned for role in Capitol attack" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/3-years-jan-6-numbers-1200-charged-460/story?id=106140326

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    And this is why I'm glad I quit using this shit website three years ago.

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    “All I can say is that if I’m elected President, we will pursue Election Fraudsters at levels never seen before, and they will be sent to prison for long periods of time,” Trump wrote. “We already know who you are. DON’T DO IT! ZUCKERBUCKS, be careful!”

    At the very least, even if Zuck isn't the best example, it's worth considering that the further conservatives descend into fascism, the more we'll see people take the easier option of not resisting.

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