Trump Scores $25 Million Settlement From Meta Over Suspended Accounts
Meta on Wednesday agreed to pay $25 million to settle President Donald Trump’s 2021 lawsuit against the tech giant for suspending his accounts on its social media platforms following the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot…
Meta on Wednesday agreed to pay $25 million to settle President Donald Trump’s 2021 lawsuit against the tech giant for suspending his accounts on its social media platforms following the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, according to multiple reports.
The settlement follows Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta making a $1 million donation to Trump’s inaugural fund in an apparent attempt to align the company with the president. Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, will pay $22 million to a fund for Trump’s presidential library, while the remainder will go toward covering legal expenses and compensating additional plaintiffs involved with the case, company spokesperson Andy Stone confirmed, according to NBC News.
Stone asserted that the settlement does not mandate Meta to acknowledge any wrongdoing, NBC News, reported.
Social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Google all suspended Trump after the Jan. 6 riot, which they claimed Trump incited. Facebook had reviewed