NICK CLEGG

Former President Donald Trump has returned to Facebook after a more than two-year ban.

The accounts were suspended following the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol.

The social media giant is expanding the range of interventions that it can use to fight dangerous rhetoric from Trump and other public figures.

Former President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts — which were suspended following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection — will be reinstated in the coming weeks following a two-year ban, their parent company Meta said Wednesday. The former president, who now uses his own social media platform, Truth Social, to post messages, has not yet returned to Twitter. “But that does not mean there are no limits to what people can say on our platform,” Clegg added. “As such, we will be reinstating Mr. Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks. Giving him back access to a social media platform to spread his lies and demagoguery is dangerous.

Facebook parent Meta announced former president Donald Trump will get his accounts back.

Facebook and parent company, Meta, announced Donald Trump will be allowed to return to the platform 'in the coming weeks,' drawing a response from the former president.

The man and the platform mean less than they used to.

Former President Donald Trump’s accounts on Facebook and Instagram are being reinstated, the parent company of both social media accounts announced on Wednesday. The company said in a release that it will unlock Trump’s accounts but will apply heightened penalties for future offenses. Trump’s reinstatement comes two months after Twitter owner Elon Musk announced that the former president would be reinstated to the social media platform. After he was banned from mainstream media, Trump launched his own site, Truth Social, according to the AP. “There is a significant debate about how social media companies should approach content posted on their platforms.

Earlier this month, Trump's presidential campaign asked Meta to reinstate him on the social media platform.

Former President Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts were resinstated after a two-year suspension for violating the platforms' rules.

The decision comes two years after Trump's suspension on Facebook was enacted following the 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

It’s clear that Britain’s House of Lords is bloated and unrepresentative. But nobody has yet agreed what should replace it.

It’s clear that Britain’s House of Lords is bloated and unrepresentative. But nobody has yet agreed what should replace it.

Facebook’s quasi-independent oversight board says an internal system that exempted high-profile users, including former President Donald Trump, from some or all of its content moderation rules needs a major overhaul.

The following is a transcript of an interview with CBS News cybersecurity expert and analyst Chris Krebs and Kara Swisher, tech journalist and host of the podcasts "On with Kara Swisher" and "Pivot," that aired on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022.

Social media companies are sharing their plans for safeguarding the U.S. midterm elections, although they have offered scant details.

The bill's passage through Parliament has been delayed until MPs return from summer break.

A report from Facebook owner Meta finds a big jump this year in disinformation and propaganda linked to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The European Union and United States made a breakthrough in their yearslong battle over the privacy of data that flows across the Atlantic with a preliminary agreement that paves the way for Europeans’ personal information to be stored in the U.S. President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the deal Friday during Biden’s stop in Brussels while on a European tour amid Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Russian regulators say internet users will be blocked from accessing Instagram because it’s being used to call for violence against Russian soldiers.

The Kremlin claimed Facebook had discriminated against Russian media.

Facebook previously said it refused to comply with Russia's request to stop labeling or fact-checking state-affiliated media.

Facebook, Google, Apple and Microsoft are taking steps to curb Russian propaganda, but they don't want to be kicked out of the country and limit Russians' access to their platforms.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is forcing big tech companies to decide how to handle Russian state media that spread propaganda and misinformation.

Promoting Nick Clegg masks the founder’s tight grip on voting shares and Meta’s tepid response to metaverse safety issues.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has tasked Nick Clegg with leading Meta on "all policy matters" around the world.

Facebook had internal research that showed it only took two days for a new user to start seeing QAnon content if they looked at conservative news.

Facebook says it plans to hire 10,000 workers in the European Union over the next five years to work on a new computing platform.

The plan includes suggestions for users to "take a break" from Instagram. Critics say it's too little, too vague.

The plan includes suggestions for users to "take a break" from Instagram. Critics say it's too little, too vague.

Facebook is implementing new tools to divert users away from harmful content, limit political content and give parents more control on teen Instagram accounts.

In the aftermath of damning testimony that its platforms harm children, the tech company outlined new safety features like prompting teens to take a break from Instagram.

These initiatives come after Facebook announced late last month that it was pausing work on its Instagram for Kids project. “We are constantly iterating in order to improve our products,” Clegg told Dana Bash on “State of the Union" Sunday. He noted Facebook needs to show exactly how they would implement it and offer research that shows these tools are effective. He said he also believes that Facebook should cancel its Instagram project for kids. Clegg told both hosts that the algorithms serve as “giant spam filters."

Facebook, in the aftermath of damning testimony that its platforms harm children, will be introducing several features including prompting teens using its photo sharing app Instagram to take a break, and nudging them if they repeatedly look at the same content that's not conducive to their well-being.

While accusing the giant social network of pursuing profits over safety, a former Facebook data scientist told Congress she believes stricter government oversight could alleviate the dangers the company poses, from harming children to inciting political violence to fueling misinformation.

Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms are back online after a massive global outage plunged the services and the businesses and people who rely on them into chaos for hours.

Facebook prematurely turned off safeguards designed to thwart misinformation and rabble rousing after Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in last year’s elections in a moneymaking move that a company whistleblower alleges contributed to the deadly Jan. 6 invasion of the U.S. Capitol.

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A Facebook executive said in a defiant internal memo that a former employee will accuse the company of contributing to the U.S. Capitol riot, the New York Times first reported Saturday.Why it matters: Facebook appears to be launching a pre-emptive strike against the whistleblower ahead of a CBS "60 Minutes" interview airing Sunday and her scheduled appearance at a Senate hearing on Tuesday. Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets. Subscribe for freeShe wi

Former campaign manager speaks to Fox News SundayBiden touts democracy abroad as threats grow at home Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump’s first campaign manager. Photograph: David J Griffin/Icon SMI/ZUMA Press/REX/Shutterstock The morning after Donald Trump returned to frontline politics with a speech in North Carolina, a close adviser poured cold water on his reported belief that he will be reinstated in the White House when it is proved Joe Biden beat him thanks to electoral fraud. Corey Lewando

Clegg said he didn't think a "private company like Facebook" should be tasked with verifying all the content users post for "precise accuracy."

Former British deputy prime minister says company has other options to deal with misinformation

Facebook found that his posts on January 6 stoked violence and posed a risk to public safety.

Facebook found that his posts on January 6 stoked violence and posed a risk to public safety.

The change comes “in light of ongoing investigations into the origin of COVID-19 and in consultation with public health experts,” Facebook said. On Facebook, Trump’s suspension has meant that his account is essentially in “Facebook jail,” where others can read and comment on past posts, but Trump and other account handlers are unable to post new material. Twitter, by contrast, has permanently banned Trump from its service and there is no trace of his account there. In addition, Facebook said it will make public whenever it does apply the exemption to a post. In its decision last month, the board agreed with Facebook that two of Trump’s Jan. 6 posts “severely violated” the content standards of both Facebook and Instagram.

The move is in response to recommendations from the company's quasi-independent oversight board.

Facebook says former President Donald Trump is locked out of its platform and Instagram until at least Jan. 7, 2023. It will reinstate him only "if the risk to public safety has receded."

Facebook plans to end a contentious policy championed by CEO Mark Zuckerberg that exempted politicians from certain moderation rules on its site, according to reports from the tech site The Verge, the New York Times and the Washington Post.

Facebook says it will suspend former President Donald Trump's accounts for two years following its finding that he stoked violence ahead of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection.

Facebook plans to end a contentious policy championed by CEO Mark Zuckerberg that exempted politicians from certain moderation rules on its site, according to several news reports. The company's rationale for that policy held that the speech of political leaders is inherently newsworthy and in the public interest even if it is offensive, bullying or otherwise controversial. The social media giant is currently mulling over what to do with the account of former President Donald Trump, which it “indefinitely” suspended Jan. 6, leaving it in Facebook limbo with its owners unable to post.

Former Daily Mail boss Paul Dacre was thought to be one of the leading candidates for the role.

In an op-ed for CNBC, Facebook's Vice President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg outlines four areas for internet regulation in the U.S.

National parks will still require visitors to wear masks in some outdoor settings entering the summer season.

Facebook is introducing a feature that will make it easier for users to choose what content shows up in their News Feed. The feature will roll out to Android users on Wednesday, and it will become available to iOS users "in the coming weeks," Facebook said. The new feature was announced in a 5,000-word essay published by Nick Clegg, Facebook vice president of global affairs and communications. Facebook also plans to introduce more ways for users to understand why content is showing up in their feed. In 2020, Facebook introduced hubs to provide users with accurate information regarding Covid-19, the 2020 U.S. election and climate change.

(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)CANBERRA – Facebook announced on Friday preliminary agreements with three Australian publishers, a day after the Parliament passed a law that would make the digital giants pay for news. Facebook said letters of intent had been signed with independent news organizations Private Media, Schwartz Media and Solstice Media. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the new Australian law was critical to the deals that Australian media businesses were negotiating with the two gateways to the internet. News Corp. Australia executive chairman Michael Miller said last week that his company had pay negotiations with Facebook. I think the door is still open,” Miller told a Senate inquiry into Australian media diversity.

LONDON Facebook may be forced to stop sending data about its European users to the U.S., in the first major fallout from a recent court ruling that found some trans-Atlantic data transfers don't protect users from American government snooping. The social network said Wednesday that Ireland's Data Protection Commission has started an inquiry into how Facebook shifts data from the European Union to the United States. The news was first reported by the Wall Street Journal, which said Irelands data commission gave Facebook until mid-September to respond to a preliminary order to suspend the transfers. The Irish data commission suggested that a type of legal mechanism governing the data transfers, known as standard contractual clauses, cannot in practice be used for EU-U.S. data transfers," Clegg said. But in cases where there are concerns about data privacy, EU regulators should vet, and if needed block, the transfer of data.

On Wednesday, more than 500 companies officially kicked off an advertising boycott intended to pressure Facebook into taking a stronger stand against hate speech. But whether Zuckerberg agrees to further tighten the social network's carefully crafted rules probably boils down to a more fundamental question: Does Facebook need big brand advertisers more than the brands need Facebook? In a broad sense, the current boycott, which will last at least a month, is like nothing Facebook has experienced before. At the same time, he added, given these extraordinary times," it's possible that a long-term, pervasive boycott could shift advertising dollars away from Facebook to other companies. Beyond bad PR, though, experts say the protest isn't likely to make a lasting dent in Facebook's ad revenue, in part because plenty of other advertisers can step in.

Carl Court/Getty Images(CNN) - A controversial policy allowing politicians to run false ads on Facebook will extend to the United Kingdom as the country prepares to vote in a historic December election, Facebook confirmed to CNN Business. The company will not fact-check ads run by British political parties and the thousands of candidates running for election to the House of Commons. The scrutiny has prompted its Silicon Valley rival Twitter to announce that it would stop accepting political ads next month. However, Clegg, who joined Facebook in 2018, does not believe Facebook should be responsible for fact-checking politicians. Though Facebook is getting the brunt of the criticism regarding the political ads, experts say outdated political campaign laws are also to blame.

The comments made by DNC CEO Seema Nanda to CNN came after Facebook confirmed last week it would not fact-check posts or advertisements from politicians. The Trump campaign has spent almost $20 million on Facebook ads since May 2018. The DNC's complaints come as the Trump campaign is blitzing Facebook with ads pushing back against the impeachment inquiry. The Trump campaign spent up to $2 million on 1,800 Facebook ads on the issue last week. Asked about the DNC's comments on Tuesday, a Facebook spokesperson pointed to the remarks made by Clegg last week.

With the U.S. 2020 presidential election looming, Facebook on Tuesday said it will not fact check or remove content posted posted by politicians even if it is in violation of the company's rules. The company will treat speech from politicians as newsworthy content that should be seen and heard, wrote Nick Clegg, Facebook's vice president of global affairs and communications, in a blog post. The only times Facebook will make exceptions are if a politicians' speech endangers people or if the speech is a paid ad that is not in compliance with Facebook's community standards, Clegg said. Facebook will also demote but not remove content shared by a politician that has previously been debunked by the company's fact checkers, Clegg said. "I hope I have given you some reassurance about our approach to preventing election interference, and some clarity over how we will treat political speech in the run up to 2020 and beyond," Clegg said.