Trump campaign asks Meta to reinstate his Facebook account – Portland Press Herald

Nation & World Posted Yesterday at 11:10 PM Updated January 18 increase font size A Meta spokesman said the company will announce its decision about reinstating Donald Trump’s access this month. By Mark Niquette and Kurt WagnerBloomberg 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 Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and other company officials requesting a meeting “to discuss President Trump’s prompt reinstatement to the platform.” “At a time when the United States faces critical issues that impact its citizens and the world, and at a time when the country begins the process of choosing its next president, we believe that Meta should be encouraging a full and robust dialogue, not silencing presidential candidates,” the campaign said in the letter. A Meta spokesman said the company will announce its decision about reinstating Trump’s access this month. NBC News first reported on the letter. Trump lost access to his Facebook and Instagram accounts on Jan. 6, 2021, after the company deemed that some of his posts were encouraging
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