welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. meta has announced it will reinstate donald trump s facebook and instagram accounts, two years after he was suspended, following the capitol riots. nick clegg, the president of global affairs, has laid out the reasons for the decision on the meta website. he says: and that: well, the former us president has also given his reaction on his own social media platform, truth social. saying that: he goes on to say that: well, joining me now for some analysis is our north america correspondent, peter bowes. hi, peter. give us a background overview of the story and by donald trump got banned from meta in the first place. it trump got banned from meta in the first place. the first place. it goes back to january the first place. it goes back to january 6th, the first place. it goes back to january 6th, 2021, - the first place. it goes back to january 6th, 2021, the | the first place. it goes back. to january 6th, 2021,
well, joining me now for some analysis is our north america correspondent, peter bowes. hi, peter. give us a background overview of the story and by donald trump got banned from meta in the first place. it trump got banned from meta in the first place. the first place. it goes back to january the first place. it goes back to january 6th, the first place. it goes back to january 6th, 2021, - the first place. it goes back to january 6th, 2021, the | the first place. it goes back. to january 6th, 2021, the ride to january 6th, 2021, the ride in the us capitol. on the day he was posting to facebook and instagram, including a video, he was supporting some of those people attacking congress. he also posted to talk about and we heard this many times before the unfounded claims about fraud during the 2020 election. and it was immediately after january 6th that they decided