Trump Allegedly Linked to Facebook Outage, His Account gets Restored
Vanity Fair [Photo/Courtesy] Facebook has restored Donald Trump's account after being prohibited from accessing it since January 2021. The decision to restore Trump's Facebook account comes a day after the company's apps were completely blacked out for six hours . The two-year ban on the former president's accounts was set to end in January 2023. Before deciding whether to reinstate him, Facebook embarked on a reevaluation exercise to ensure that the risk Trump posed to public safety was receded. "We will evaluate external factors, including instances of violence, restrictions on peaceful assembly and other markets of civil unrest," Facebook said in a post. "If we determine that there is still a serious risk to public safety, we will extend the restriction for a set period and continue to reevaluate until that risk has receded." Facebook suspended Trump's accounts after he was linked to the January 6 insurgency at the US Capitol. His Facebook ...