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Former US President Donald Trump returned to Instagram on Tuesday with his first post since his account was banned following the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Trump took to Instagram to promote a second edition of his digital trading cards that sold a set of 44,000 in less than a day, earning $4.5 million. Trump has become active on the voter education social media platform as he vows to seek a second White House term in 2024, though he faces criminal charges in New York on 34 counts related to his silent payment to the star. from adult film Stormy Daniels. .
Trump has 234 lakh followers on Instagram, and the network serves as a major fundraising tool for him.
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Social media accounts of then-US President Donald Trump, including Meta, YouTube, SnapChat and Twitter, were blocked following protests on Capitol Hill that erupted after Joe Biden declared him defeated in the presidential election.
In a Facebook and Instagram post ban statement, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said: "The shocking events of the past 24 hours clearly demonstrate that President Donald Trump intends to use the time he has left in the power to undermine the peaceful and legal transition of power to their elected representatives". successor, Joe Biden".
The Meta CEO added: "His decision to use his platform to condone rather than condemn the actions of his supporters on Capitol Hill has rightly upset people in the United States and around the world."
“We believe the risks of allowing the president to continue to use our service during this time are too great,” Zuckerberg said, extending the ban on Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely.
Ban has now been removed from most of his social media accounts.
