{"id":2293715,"date":"2024-07-12T17:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T21:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meta-removes-restrictions-on-trumps-instagram-and-facebook-accounts-ahead-of-election-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T17:42:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T21:42:48","slug":"meta-removes-restrictions-on-trumps-instagram-and-facebook-accounts-ahead-of-election-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meta-removes-restrictions-on-trumps-instagram-and-facebook-accounts-ahead-of-election-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta removes restrictions on Trump&#8217;s Instagram and Facebook accounts ahead of election &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmeta-removes-restrictions-on-trumps-instagram-and-facebook-accounts-ahead-of-election-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2293715&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> how Meta has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wis-iowa-take-opposite-approaches-to-coronavirus-measures\/\" title=\"Wis., Iowa take opposite approaches to coronavirus measures\">removed restrictions<\/a> on\u2063 Donald Trump&#8217;s\u2062 Facebook and Instagram accounts ahead of the 2024 election. The president of \u2062global affairs \u200bat\u2063 Meta, \u200bNick Clegg, stated that they want to ensure parity \u200cin the election by \u2063not subjecting Trump&#8217;s accounts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apple-slams-georgia-election-law-while-relying-on-chinese-slave-labor\/\" title=\"Apple Slams Georgia Election Law While Relying on Chinese Slave Labor\">stricter penalties<\/a> than other users. \u200cThe decision was made to allow political expression and ensure that the American people can hear from presidential nominees on the same basis.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span 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class=\"tdb-title-text\">Meta removes restrictions on Trump\u2019s Instagram and Facebook accounts ahead of election<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/emallon\/\">Elaine Mallon<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-12T17:25:01-04:00\">July 12, 2024 5:25 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1701199\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump\u2019s <\/a>accounts on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> Facebook<\/a> and Instagram will no longer be subjected to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fallen-boulder-police-officer-would-have-been-deeply-offended-at-being-used-to-advocate-for-gun-control-family-says\/\" title=\"Fallen Boulder Police Officer Would Have Been \u2018Deeply Offended\u2019 At Being Used To Advocate For Gun Control, Family Says\">greater restrictions<\/a> than the average user. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/meta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Meta\u2019s <\/a>president of global affairs, Nick Clegg, shared with <em>Axios<\/em> that in order to ensure parity in the 2024 presidential election, the former president\u2019s accounts won\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-keeps-tough-on-crime-policies-in-the-spotlight-with-support-for-new-penalties\/\" title=\"DeSantis maintains focus on tough-on-crime stance, backs new penalties\">face stricter penalties<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn assessing our responsibility to allow political expression, we believe that the American people should be able to hear from the nominees for president on the same basis,\u201d Clegg said in a statement. \u201cIn reaching this conclusion, we also considered that these penalties were a response to extreme and extraordinary circumstances, and have not had to be deployed.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Trump was kicked off Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. His accounts on Facebook and Instagram were reinstated in January 2023, but he faced greater consequences, such as account suspensions and advertising restrictions, if he violated the company\u2019s rules. <\/p>\n<p>However, since being reinstated, Meta has not had to impose any penalties on Trump\u2019s account. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump is the only person subjected to these harsher penalties, which can be applied to any public figure\u2019s account during times of civil unrest. <\/p>\n<p>Minor infractions, such as posting a person\u2019s address without permission, would warrant Trump\u2019s account to be suspended for two years. However, this possibly was concerning to Meta since it believes the public should be able to hear from a presidential candidate.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1701199\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1701199\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta has lifted restrictions on Donald Trump&#8217;s Facebook and Instagram accounts in order to ensure fairness in the 2024 presidential election. Trump&#8217;s accounts will no longer face stricter penalties than the average user, despite being the only public figure subjected to such harsh consequences. This decision comes after Trump was banned from Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Since being reinstated, Trump has not violated any of Meta&#8217;s rules, leading to the removal of these restrictions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2293716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-rnc-platform-border.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7884,9276,3634],"class_list":["post-2293715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-instagram","tag-meta","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-rnc-platform-border.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2293715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2293716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2293715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2293715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2293715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}