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The move comes after the tech giant's oversight board ruling last month and will allow the former president to be reinstated in 2023 if certain conditions are met.

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00:00Facebook says it will suspend former President Donald Trump's account for two years with an

00:04opportunity to be reinstated in 2023 if certain conditions are met. The decision came in response

00:10to the ruling from Facebook's oversight board on May 5th, which upheld the company's initial

00:14decision to suspend Trump but added that the company was not justified in imposing a quote

00:19indefinite ban. The board added that Facebook had six months to justify the nature of the ban.

00:24On Friday, Facebook VP of Global Affairs Nick Clegg wrote a blog post announcing the two-year

00:29suspension and outlined the criteria through which Trump may be reinstated. Clegg wrote,

00:34at the end of this period we will look to experts to assess whether the risk to public safety has

00:38receded. We will evaluate external factors including instances of violence, restrictions on peaceful

00:43assembly, and other markers of civil unrest. He added, if we determine that there is still a

00:48serious risk to public safety, we will extend the restriction for a set period of time and continue

00:52to re-evaluate until that risk has receded. Clegg went on to say that once Trump's accounts on

00:57Facebook and Instagram are reinstated, quote, there will be a strict set of rapidly escalating

01:02sanctions that will be triggered if Mr. Trump commits further violations in the future,

01:06up to and including permanent removal of his pages and accounts. In its own statement following

01:10Facebook's announcement, the Facebook Oversight Board said that it, quote, is reviewing Facebook's

01:14response to the board's decision in the case involving former U.S. President Donald Trump,

01:19and will offer further comment once this review is complete. Trump's accounts were suspended

01:23indefinitely from Facebook in January in the wake of the riot at the U.S. Capitol.

01:28For more on this story, go to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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