In a closing act to Big Tech’s legal showdown with former President Donald Trump, YouTube — owned by Alphabet — has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle Trump’s lawsuit over his removal from the platform following the January 6 insurrection (ABC7 Chicago).
As part of the deal, $22 million will go to the Trust for the National Mall, while another $2.5 million will be split among other plaintiffs, including the American Conservative Union (ABC7 Chicago).
This settlement is the last of three major lawsuits Trump filed against Big Tech. Earlier this year, Meta paid out $25 million and Twitter (now X) dropped $10 million in similar agreements (ABC7 Chicago).
The move also comes as platforms are slowly easing restrictions on Trump and other conservative figures — reinstating accounts and loosening certain content-moderation policies (ABC7 Chicago).
