Meta will pay $25 million to settle Trump lawsuit alleging censorship

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Meta settled a 2021 lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump alleging the company’s suspension of his social media accounts after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol amounted to an act of censorship.

Meta agreed to pay $25 million to resolve the legal dispute, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss nonpublic terms of the deal. The bulk of the settlement, $22 million, will help fund Trump’s presidential library, while the rest will pay legal fees and be divided among other plaintiffs in the case, according to Meta spokesman Andy Stone.

 
Meta settled a 2021 lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump alleging the company’s suspension of his social media accounts after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol amounted to an act of censorship.

Meta agreed to pay $25 million to resolve the legal dispute, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss nonpublic terms of the deal. The bulk of the settlement, $22 million, will help fund Trump’s presidential library, while the rest will pay legal fees and be divided among other plaintiffs in the case, according to Meta spokesman Andy Stone.



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