Her post was met with hundreds of comments, including several “Happy to see you again” And “What a relief that you are back Mr. President”. Earlier Friday, online video platform YouTube announced it was ending its suspension. “As of today, the channel ‘Donald J. Trump’ is no longer subject to restrictions”, had announced the American giant on Twitter. Donald Trump had already been re-admitted on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram in recent months. Until now, he communicated mainly through his own platform, Truth Social.
The Republican had been excluded from the social network in January 2021, while he was still in power, for having encouraged his supporters during the attack on Congress in Washington. This unprecedented decision was imitated at the time by most mainstream social networks, including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
To justify its decision, YouTube said on Friday that it had evaluated “the risk of violence”, while taking into account the importance, for voters, of hearing “equally the major national candidates”.