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US Election 2020
Follow news and updates as Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States
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- The Independent
Meta lays out special rules that will apply to Donald Trump when he returns to Facebook and Instagram
Donald Trump will be allowed back on Facebook and Instagram – but will be subject to special new rules when he does so. Parent company Meta announced that it would be lifting a ban on the former president that went into effect almost exactly two years ago, in the wake of the attacks on the Capitol. It had banned him amid suggestions he had used social media to encourage that unrest – and fears that he could continue to do the same.
- HuffPost UK
Joe Biden Mispronounced Rishi Sunak's Name Again In An Unfortunate Gaffe
Happens to the best of us, Joe.
- The Guardian
Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts bode ill for his return to Facebook
As Trump was reinstated, Meta’s Nick Clegg stressed ‘guardrails’ were in place. He could soon find them tested
- Evening Standard
OPINION - Tech & Science Daily podcast: Donald Trump’s return to Facebook
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- The Independent
Donald Trump baby blimp inflated again to establish ‘how best to preserve it’
The return of the Donald Trump baby blimp, the huge inflatable depicting the former US president in a nappy and clutching a mobile phone, has begun with a test inflation by the Museum of London. The museum is its “final resting place” after it took to the skies above Parliament Square during protests over Mr Trump’s state visit to the UK in June 2019, and a conservation analysis has led staff to blow the balloon up again. Footage shows the Museum of London inflating the blimp in place.
- Evening Standard
Donald Trump to return to Facebook and Instagram ‘in the coming weeks’, Nick Clegg says
Meta’s president of global affairs Nick Clegg said the former president’s suspension had now elapsed
- The Telegraph
Congressional firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to be Donald Trump's VP, says Steve Bannon
Marjorie Taylor Greene, the right-wing firebrand congresswoman, is reportedly optimistic she could become Donald Trump's running mate in 2024.
- The Telegraph
Meta will let Donald Trump back on Facebook, Instagram
Donald Trump is set to have his Facebook and Instagram accounts reinstated but Meta will put up “guardrails” to “deter” any offensive behaviour, Nick Clegg, the company’s head of policy, announced on Wednesday.
- The Independent
Meta to restore Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts
Sir Nick Clegg says the twice-impeached ex-president’s access to the company’s social media platforms will be restored ‘in the coming weeks’
- Evening Standard
Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts to be reinstated, says Meta, as presidential bid looms
The former president’s accounts have been suspended for two years since the Capitol Hill riot