Former President Donald Trump could return to Facebook on Jan. 7, 2023.

Nick Clegg, Facebooks vice president of global affairs, announced Friday that the company has cut short its indefinite ban on Trump, which was imposed after he used the platform to spread baseless claims of election fraud and incite the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

In its place, Facebook has implemented a conditional two-year ban.

Should Facebook determine Trump fit to return to the platform at the end of that ban, hed be back just in time for the 2024 presidential election primaries. However, if there is still a serious risk to public safety at that time, Trumps ban would be extended again, then reevaluated.

How Facebook intends to evaluate Trumps risk to public safety isnt exactly clear. Clegg said only that the decision would be based on external factors, including instances of violence, restrictions on peaceful assembly and other markers of civil unrest.

If Trumps account were to be restored and he failed to meet the very basic demand of not posing a threat to public safety, Facebook said he would be met with rapidly escalating sanctions, including a potential permanent ban.