YouTube to pay Trump USD22 mil for account suspension

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YouTube will pay Donald Trump USD22 mil to settle a lawsuit for suspending his account after the Jan 6 Capitol riots. The cash will go towards funding a White House renovation project.

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00:00YouTube has agreed to pay Donald Trump US$22 million to settle his 2021 lawsuit against the company.

00:08The case was filed after YouTube suspended the president's account following the January 6th Capitol riots.

00:15The settlement also includes US$2.5 million for other plaintiffs,

00:20including the American Conservative Union and writer Naomi Wolf.

00:24Trump previously sued Meta, X and Google for suspending his accounts on their platforms in 2021,

00:30claiming it violated his First Amendment rights.

00:34According to the court filing, his $22 million award will go into a trust to help fund his White House renovation project.

00:41That project, expected to cost $200 million,

00:44will see the building's east wing expanded to a 90,000-square-foot structure with a capacity of 650 people.

00:52YouTube has also recently acted to resolve other disputes with the Trump administration,

00:57including reinstating accounts of creators previously banned for COVID-19 and election-related misinformation.

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