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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Io Dodds

YouTube agrees to pay $24.5M to settle Trump lawsuit filed after his January 6 insurrection suspension

YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit from President Donald Trump, over his suspension from the platform after the January 6 riot, becoming the final Big Tech company to bend the knee.

In court papers filed Monday, the Google-owned online video giant said it would give $22 million to Trump's White House ballroom fund and $2.5m to his other co-plaintiffs in exchange for dropping all claims.

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