YouTube to pay $24.5m to settle Trump lawsuit over Capitol riot
Donald Trump speaking in a video released on YouTube on his last day in office in 2021
At the time of his suspension, social media companies said that Trump risked inciting further violence in Washington DC.
Trump had accused YouTube and other tech companies of political bias, claiming they had unfairly censored conservative voices after the Capitol riot in 2021.
The settlement from the video streaming giant's parent company Alphabet - which also owns Google - comes after social media sites X/Twitter and Facebook also agreed to pay Trump for suspending his accounts.
YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5m (£18.6m) to settle a lawsuit brought by Donald Trump, filed after the video platform suspended his account in the wake of the 6 January attack on US Capitol.
As part of Monday's settlement, YouTube will pay $22m to the Trust for the National Mall, a non-profit group that is aiming to raise $200m to build a new ballroom at the White House.
Another $2.5m will be paid to other organisations and individuals who joined Trump's lawsuit, including the American Conservative Union.
YouTube is the latest major platform to settle with the president.
In January, Facebook's parent company Meta agreed to a $25m settlement - with $22m earmarked for Trump's presidential library.
... continue reading