YouTube to Pay $24.5 Million to Settle Lawsuit With Trump

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YouTube to Pay $24.5 Million to Settle Lawsuit With Trump
YouTube to Pay $24.5 Million to Settle Lawsuit With Trump

A young woman with a smartphone walks past a billboard advertisement for YouTube in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 27, 2019. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

YouTube agreed to pay $24.5 million to President Donald Trump to settle a lawsuit over suspending his account in 2021, according to documents filed in court on Sept. 29.

The social media website, owned by Alphabet, put Trump’s YouTube account on hold following the security breach at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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