Donald Trump sued YouTube after the video site disabled his account following the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, and the company has agreed to pay $24.5 million (£18.6 million) to resolve the litigation.
Following the agreement by social media platforms X/Twitter and Facebook to compensate Trump for suspending his accounts, the video streaming behemoth’s parent firm, Alphabet, which also controls Google, has reached a deal.
Following the Capitol riot in 2021, Trump claimed YouTube and other tech corporations of political bias, saying they had unjustly silenced conservative viewpoints. Social media companies claimed that Trump ran the risk of encouraging further violence in Washington, DC, at the time of his suspension.
The Trust for the National Mall, a nonprofit organization working to raise $200 million to construct a new ballroom at the White House, would get $22 million from YouTube as part of the settlement reached on Monday.
The American Conservative Union and other groups and individuals who joined Trump’s lawsuit will receive an additional $2.5 million. The most recent significant platform to reach a settlement with the president is YouTube. Meta, the parent company of Facebook, consented to a $25 million settlement in January, of which $22 million was set aside for Trump’s presidential library.
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