YouTube will pay $24.5 million to resolve the lawsuit Trump brought against the platform after his account was suspended after the January 6th riot.
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- YouTube has agreed to a $24.5 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by former President Donald Trump.
- The lawsuit stemmed from Trump’s account halt following the Capitol riots on January 6th.
- Trump’s channel was revived in March 2023, allowing new content to be uploaded.
YouTube agreed to pay $24.5 million to resolve the lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump against the Alphabet-owned online video platform for the suspension of his account following the fatal January 6th riot four years ago.
The settlement was filed September 29th in federal court in Oakland, California.
YouTube suspended Trump’s official channel on January 12, 2021, six days after the riots, citing the possibility of violence from uploading new content from the time.
A few weeks after the riot, when a mob of former presidential supporters tried to disrupt Joe Biden’s Congressional recognition for the 2020 presidential election, Trump was banned from a range of social media and video platforms, including YouTube, Twitter, and now X and Facebook.
Officials said an estimated 10,000 people broke police barriers and when they entered the Capitol on January 6, 2021, an estimated 2,000 people entered the Capitol. The riots resulted in the deaths of four people. For example, we included demonstrators who were shot dead while trying to reach a fleeing lawmaker. Capitol police officers later died of suffering a stroke, and four other officers have since taken their lives. More than 150 officers were injured, many of whom were permanently injured.
Trump filed a lawsuit against CEO in July 2021 against Twitter, Facebook owner Meta and Alphabet’s Google. Trump claimed that the platform illegally silenced conservative perspectives.
Earlier this year, Facebook and Instagram owner Meta settled at $25 million, while X settled at about $10 million.
In March 2023, YouTube announced that Trump’s channels will no longer be restricted and new content can be uploaded.
Under the terms of the settlement with YouTube, $22 million will be paid to the Trust of National Mall, a nonprofit dedicated to building the $200 million ballroom that Trump is building in the White House.
The remaining $2.5 million settlement payments will go to other plaintiffs in the case, including the American Conservative Coalition.
