"YouTube agreed to settle a multi-million dollar lawsuit from President Trump after suspending his account in 2021, following the January 6 riots, reports. At the time, Trump claimed the suspension violated the First Amendment, while YouTube explained that Trump had allegedly violated the website's policy by inciting violence. Trump eventually regained access to his accounts in 2023, ahead of the following presidential election. The Alphabet-owned"
"platform will reportedly pay $24.5 million to the president, with $22 million going to help fund the reconstruction of the White House ballroom. The rest of the funds will go to other plaintiffs in the lawsuit, like the American Conservative Union, Andrew Baggiani, Austen Fletcher, Maryse Veronica Jean-Louis, Frank Valentine, Kelly Victory, and Naomi Wolf. Other social media platforms, such as X and Meta, had"
"already settled lawsuits with Trump, as his accounts on Facebook, X, and Instagram were suspended following the Capitol Riots as well. In 2025, Meta settled for a similar amount to Alphabet, around $25 million, and X paid about $10 million. The decision to suspend Trump's account was made before Elon Musk bought the company in 2022. After ownership, Musk soon reinstated Trump's account. That same"
After a 2021 suspension of his YouTube account following the January 6 riots, Donald Trump reached a settlement in which the Alphabet-owned platform agreed to pay $24.5 million. YouTube cited alleged violations of its incitement-to-violence policy while Trump argued a First Amendment breach. Trump regained access to his accounts in 2023 ahead of the next presidential election. Of the settlement, $22 million is earmarked to help fund reconstruction of the White House ballroom; remaining funds will go to other plaintiffs named in the suit. Meta and X paid separate settlements, and Elon Musk later reinstated Trump’s X account.
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