YouTube to settle lawsuit with Trump for banning his account

YouTube has agreed to wage $24.5m (£18.1m) to settee a suit brought by Donald Trump aft it banned his relationship pursuing the January 6 Capitol riot.

The US president was suspended from the Google-owned level implicit his relation successful the insurrection, which saw his supporters effort to halt Joe Biden's 2020 predetermination triumph from being ratified.

More than 4 years connected from the convulsive scenes that near a constabulary serviceman dead, tribunal documents filed connected Monday revealed that $22m (£16.3m) from the colony volition spell towards a spot for Washington DC's National Mall and the operation of a White House ballroom.

The remainder volition beryllium paid to different parties progressive successful the case, including the American Conservative Union.

Google declined to remark connected the reasons for the settlement, which does not represent an admittance of liability.

Mr Trump's YouTube relationship has been backmost online since 2023.

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Google's genitor institution Alphabet is the 3rd tech steadfast to settee with Mr Trump implicit what helium perceived arsenic an illegitimate muzzling of him online pursuing the riot.

He was besides suspended from Meta's platforms and Twitter, moves which saw him gravitate towards his ain societal media level - Truth Social.

The president and his supporters person falsely maintained that the 2020 predetermination was stolen.

Meta - which owns Facebook and Instagram - agreed to wage $25m (£18.6m) to settee Mr Trump's lawsuit, and X (what Twitter became aft being bought by Elon Musk successful 2022) settled for $10m (£7.4m).

Alphabet brag Sundar Pichai, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, and Mr Musk each attended Mr Trump's inauguration this year, with the second having been a cardinal contributor to his 2024 predetermination campaign.

He led the Trump administration's cost-cutting DOGE portion during the aboriginal months of 2025.