YouTube to pay $22 million to settle US President Trump lawsuit

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NEW YORK: YouTube has agreed to pay $ 22 million to set the case brought by Donald Trump, after which the platform suspended its account on January 6, 2021, after an attack on the US capital.

Google -owned video service is the latest tech company to settle with Trump, which filed several suits, challenging its widespread reduction as a result of capital riots.

According to a notice filed in a Federal Court of California, the $ 22 million will go to Trump’s latest construction project in the White House, a non -profit called the Trust for National Mall, which “to help to help build the White House State Ball Room, to restore and restore national goods.”

In addition to $ 22 million of Trump’s ballroom project, YouTube agreed to pay Million 2.5 million to hosts the hosts of Trump allies, including the US Conservative Union.

Large platforms removed Trump after January 6, during these problems he will promote further violence with Bogus ‘claims that voters’ fraud in 2020 caused them to damage Biden.

The platform prevented Trump from uploading a new content on January 12, 2021, and pointed to the “ongoing abilities of violence”. The move comes parallel to operations through Facebook and Twitter, which also suspended Trump’s ability to post after January 6.

The 79 -year -old Republican has taken social media companies and YouTube to court, claiming that it was wrongly censored.

According to the original complaint of July 2021 against YouTube and alphabet CEO Sunder Pachi, Trump’s lawyers maintained that they were kicked under “non -existent or wide, vague and always changing standards.”

Trump’s posting privileges were banned, when Trump’s supporters, baseball bats, hockey sticks and other temporary weapons, along with teaser and beer spray cansons, were hit by several hours of injuries. He wanted to prevent Congress from confirming Biden’s victory.

Violation of free speech?

Legal experts have described Trump’s claims against the tech jinn as the best, and saying that the first amendment of the US Constitution stops the government, but not a private actor, by banning speech.

The company rejected Trump’s briefing in December 2021, “YouTube” is not a state actor and his practice at editorial discretion on his private service does not affect the first amendment rights of the plaintiffs. “

Journalism’s Watch Dog Group Media Affairs rejected the settlement, saying it was issues of the first amendment under Trump.

“YouTube prisoner is shameful and short, now folding will encourage Trump’s media and online platform to encourage efforts to stop dissent by haul,” said Angelo Karoson, president of the group.

However, Tech and media companies have shed a green light for Trump since returning to his post as they are waiting for Washington to take action on major issues affecting their business.

The major questions facing YouTube and Google/Alphabet include a case in Virginia, in which a federal court is weighing the application to order a search engine giant’s advertisement technology business by government lawyers.

In February, Elon Musk’s X set a Trump trial against the company and its former chief executive, Jack Dorsi for about $ 10 million.

In January, a few days after Trump’s inauguration, Meta agreed to pay Million 25 million to resolve her complaint, with $ 22 million to pay for financing her future presidential library.

Media companies have also agreed on settlements with Trump in cases brought by the president, which experts are legally viewed as dods.

For example, Paramount Global agreed to pay $ 16 million to resolve the case brought by Trump during an interview with former Vice President Kamla Harris, which Trump claimed was unfairly amended. The agreement was made when Paramount sought approval for its acquisition through Sky Dennis.

The Federal Communication Commission approves $ 8 billion in Paramount’s occupation in July.