Meta agrees to pay $25 million to settle Trump lawsuit over suspended accounts

| Importance: 8/10 | Status: confirmed

Meta settled a lawsuit brought by Donald Trump for $25 million over his social media account suspensions following the January 6 Capitol attack. Most of the settlement, approximately $22 million, will go to Trump’s presidential library. Critics like Senator Elizabeth Warren view the settlement as a form of corporate appeasement.

Key Actors

Donald Trump Mark Zuckerberg Meta Corporation

Tags

media-control government-contracts justice-weaponization corporate-political-influence first-amendment

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