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,
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and instagram. near platforms like facebook and instagram. that was peter bowes. earlier, i spoke to robert pape, who is professor of political science at the university of chicago. he has been studying the american insurrectionist movement, and he testified at the january 6th hearing. i asked him if he was concerned about meta s decision. yes. this is risky and it is notjust the past, it is the present. we conduct national surveys of violent sentiment in the united states. as of today, there are approximately 15 million american adults who have support violent support to either restore donald trump to the presidency or against a prosecution for trump in the future. 40% of those 15 million get their main political news from mainstream social media facebook, instagram etc. so what this means is that by giving donald trump access to the largest social media platform in the world, he has the most access that he s had since before january 6th, for calls to action, and this is just s
who is professor of political science at the university of chicago. he has been studying the american insurrectionist movement and he testified at the january the 6th hearing. i asked him if he was concerned about meta s decision. yes. this is risky and it is notjust the past, it is the present. we conduct national surveys of violent sentiment in the united states. as of today, there are approximately 15 million american adults who have support violent support to either restore donald trump to the presidency or against a prosecution for trump in the future. 40% of those 15 million get their main political news from mainstream social media facebook, instagram etc.