Trump Campaign Asks Meta to Reinstate His Facebook Account

Meta suspended Trump’s account after the Jan. 6 insurrection
Company is deciding this month whether to allow Trump back

The Facebook account for Donald Trump.
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

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By Mark Niquette and Kurt Wagner

January 18, 2023 at 6:35 PM UTC

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Donald Trump’s campaign is asking Facebook’s parent company to reinstate his access on grounds he’s a declared 2024 presidential candidate and that keeping him off the platform is interfering with the political process.

Trump’s campaign sent a letter Tuesday to Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and other company officials requesting a meeting “to discuss President Trump’s prompt reinstatement to the platform.”