"According to the court filing, Trump's $22 million award will go into a trust to help fund his White House ballroom renovation project, which carries an estimated $200 million price tag. Google declined to comment on the case. Flashback: Trump sued Meta, X and Google over their moves to suspend his accounts on their platforms in 2021, alleging their actions were "unconstitutional" and violated his First Amendment rights."
"X described Trump's presence on the platform at the time as a "risk of further incitement of violence." Reality check: The First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting free speech, not private companies. At the time, legal experts and First Amendment scholars said Trump's suits were unlikely to go far. "The First Amendment simply protects citizens from government censorship," Syracuse University associate professor Roy Gutterman told Axios' Sara Fischer in 2021. "Social media platforms exercise great power, but they are not a branch of government.""
"For these companies, settling lawsuits is often considered less distracting and sometimes less costly than seeing a case all the way through to a trial, Fischer said. Redstone Family Foundation chair Shari Redstone, formerly the chair of Paramount Global, told Axios earlier this month that CBS settling with Trump was "absolutely" the right thing to do. "It took up way too much time in the news, which really had an impact on our employees, on our ability to do other transactions," she said."
Trump will put a $22 million legal award into a trust to help fund a White House ballroom renovation estimated to cost $200 million. Google declined to comment on the case. Trump sued Meta, X and Google over 2021 account suspensions, alleging violations of his First Amendment rights, while X said his presence posed a "risk of further incitement of violence." Legal experts noted the First Amendment bars government censorship, not private companies, and predicted the suits were unlikely to succeed. Several companies, including Meta, X, ABC and CBS, settled their disputes to avoid distraction and cost.
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