After the deadly 6 January attack on the US Capitol building, the Twitter account of the outgoing US president, Donald Trump, was permanently banned amid accusations that he inspired the violent insurrection. The strict measures, taken to prevent Trump from allegedly inciting further violence, were quickly repeated on other social media platforms.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that Facebook and Instagram unblocked Trump’s accounts on Friday, although, following the ban of the POTUS pages last week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated that the bans would not be suspended until at least the 20 January Inauguration Day for President-elect Joe Biden.