Google’s YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit by former U.S. President Donald Trump regarding his account suspension in 2021 after the Capitol attack on January 6. The settlement, as per court documents filed in California, will see $22 million contributed to the Trust for the National Mall for the construction of the White House State Ballroom, with the remaining amount going to other plaintiffs, including the American Conservative Union.
This settlement follows similar actions by other tech giants facing lawsuits from Trump. Meta, in January, agreed to pay $25 million to settle a lawsuit related to his suspension from Facebook in 2021, while Elon Musk’s X settled a comparable lawsuit from the time when the company was known as Twitter for $10 million.
The settlement is not an admission of liability, according to the court filing. Google has acknowledged the settlement but refrained from making further comments on the matter. The disclosure of the settlement occurred a week before a scheduled court hearing on October 6 with U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers in Oakland, California.