YouTube to Pay $24.5 Million to End Trump Lawsuit Over Jan. 6 Ban
YouTube will pay $24.5 million to settle Trump's lawsuit, with $22 million funding a new White House ballroom, marking the final major social media settlement in 2025.
- YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump regarding the suspension of his account after the January 6 riots.
- $22 million of the settlement will go to the Trust for the National Mall for a new White House ballroom project on Trump's behalf.
- $2.5 million will be shared among other plaintiffs, including the American Conservative Union.
- YouTube becomes the last major social media platform to settle claims made by Trump, following Meta and X's earlier settlements for $25 million and $10 million, respectively.
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Trump rolled YouTube into paying $22 million for his ballroom
About two months ago, John P. Coale, one of many lawyers representing Donald Trump in a personal capacity, met with several Alphabet executives, mediators, and lawyers at Mar-a-Lago - along with his client. They all spent a lovely day at the palatial Florida estate, and Trump treated them to lunch as they chatted about anything but the antitrust cases being prosecuted against Google. Coale was keen not to broach the matter, he told The Verge in …
Trump Wins $24.5 Million Settlement From YouTube Over Account Suspension
YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump, marking another major victory for Trump in his long running fight against what he has called politically motivated censorship by Big Tech. The settlement, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Northern California, ends a four-year battle over YouTube’s [...] The post Trump Wins $24.5 Million Settlement From YouTube Over Account Suspension appeared fir…
YouTube Settles with President Trump for $24.5 Million Over Account Suspension
For years, Silicon Valley’s self-appointed hall monitors wielded unprecedented power to shape public discourse and silence dissenting voices. Their platforms became digital town squares where... The post YouTube Settles with President Trump for $24.5 Million Over Account Suspension appeared first on Patriot Journal.
YouTube joins Big Tech cowards in caving to Trump
YouTube is the latest major tech company to capitulate to President Donald Trump. On Monday evening, the Google-owned video platform agreed to pay a $24.5 million settlement to Trump and others suspended after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S....
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