
Meta Will Restore President Trumps Facebook and Instagram Accounts After 2 Years Spokesman Clegg Lies and Says Facebook Believes in Open Debate Meta announced on Wednesday the company would restore President Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts. Meta spokesperson Nick Clegg lied through his teeth about free speech in the company’s announcement . Social media is rooted in the belief that open debate and the free flow of ideas are important values, especially at a time when they are under threat in many places around the world. As a general rule, we don’t want to get in the way of open, public and democratic debate on Meta’s platforms — especially in the context of elections in democratic societies like the United States. The public should be able to hear what their politicians are saying — the good, the bad and the ugly — so that they can make informed choices at the ballot box. But that does not mean there are no limits to what people can say on our platform. When there is a cl...