(Reuters) – Fb (NASDAQ:) proprietor Meta Inc is making ready to announce whether or not it would enable former U.S. President Donald Trump again on to Fb and Instagram, the Monetary Occasions reported on Sunday.

The social media big had beforehand mentioned it would resolve by Jan 7 whether or not to permit the previous president to return. Nevertheless, that call is now anticipated to be introduced later within the month, the newspaper mentioned, citing an individual conversant in the matter.

Meta has arrange a working group to concentrate on the matter, in keeping with folks with information of its operations, the report mentioned, including that the group consists of staffers from the general public coverage and communications groups, in addition to from the content material coverage workforce.

Meta didn’t instantly reply to a request by Reuters for remark.

The event comes after Elon Musk, Twitter’s new proprietor, revoked a everlasting ban on Trump in November final 12 months on the social media platform after polling customers.

Trump maintained that he had little interest in returning to Twitter.

“I do not see any cause for it,” the previous president had mentioned by way of video when requested whether or not he deliberate to return to Twitter by a panel on the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual management assembly.

Trump has mounted relentless assaults on the integrity of U.S. voting since his 2020 election defeat and launched a bid in November to regain the presidency in 2024, aiming to pre-empt potential Republican rivals.