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Google to pay$24.5 million to settle Trump’s 2021 YouTube suspension claim
Of the overall,$22 million will go to the Trust for the National Mall, while the rest will be dispersed to other complainants, consisting of the American Conservative Union
By AP -PTI[ 19659006]Upgraded -September 30, 2025 at 06:25 AM.
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Google has actually accepted pay
$ 24.5 million to settle a claim by previous United States President Donald Trump over his 2021 YouTube suspension following the January 6 Capitol attack.|Image Credit: Dado Ruvic/Reuters
Google’s YouTube has actually consented to pay USD 24.5 million to settle a claim by President Donald Trump over his 2021 account suspension following the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol.
According to files submitted in federal court in California, USD 22 countless the settlement will be added to the Trust for the National Mall and the rest will go to other complainants, consisting of the American Conservative Union.
Google is the most recent huge tech business to settle suits brought by Trump. In January, Meta Platforms accepted pay USD 25 million to settle a claim over his 2021 suspension from Facebook. Elon Musk’s X consented to settle a comparable claim brought versus the business then called Twitter for USD 10 million.
The settlement does not make up an admission of liability, the filing states. Google validated the settlement however decreased to comment beyond it.
The disclosure of the settlement came a week before an arranged October 6 court hearing to go over the case with United States District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers in Oakland, California.
Released on September 30, 2025
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