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Google/YouTube settles Trump lawsuit for $24.5 million

Monday, September 29, 2025
Primary:Google
Secondary:Alphabet

YouTube agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle Trump's lawsuit over his account suspension after January 6, 2021. Most of the money—$22 million—will fund a new White House ballroom. Google was the third major tech company to settle similar lawsuits, after Meta ($25 million) and X ($10 million). Legal experts said the case had little legal merit, with one professor calling it "straight influence-peddling."

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