Alphabet-owned YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit that President Donald Trump introduced against the company over the suspension of his account following the January 2021 US Capitol riots, a court submitting confirmed on Monday.
Trump filed lawsuits against Twitter, now identified as X, and Facebook proprietor Meta, as effectively as Alphabet’s Google, and their chief executives in July 2021, alleging they unlawfully silenced conservative viewpoints.
Both Meta and X agreed earlier this yr to pay to settle the lawsuits.
YouTube has paid $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit introduced by President Trump in 2021. ZUMAPRESS.com
Under the settlement, $22 million will be paid on Trump’s behalf to the Trust for the National Mall, a nonprofit group devoted to the construction of a $200 million ballroom that Trump is building at the White House.
The relaxation of the settlement cost will go to other plaintiffs in the case including the American Conservative Union.