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Social media giant Meta is lifting remaining restrictions on former US president Donald Trump ahead of his potential rematch with President Joe Biden in November’s elections. Trump was banned from major social media platforms in early 2021 after his supporters stormed the Capitol building in Washington, but had his accounts on Meta’s Facebook and Instagram restored in 2023. Meta said in a blog post on Friday that remaining “heightened suspension penalties” linked to Trump’s repeated offences will be removed after his nomination as the Republican Party’s presidential candidate at the party’s na…

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