Reference News Network, September 30 report. According to EFE, on September 29, the video-sharing platform YouTube agreed to pay $24.5 million to Trump in order to reach a settlement with the lawsuit filed by Trump. Trump's YouTube account was suspended after the "Capitol Hill riot" event on January 6, 2021.
The report states that of the total settlement amount announced by the video platform, $22 million will be allocated to the National Mall Trust Foundation in Trump's name, to fund the construction of a new state dining room at the White House.
The remaining $250,000 will be distributed to other plaintiffs who also accused YouTube of having a censorship system.
YouTube suspended Trump's account due to "concerns about potential ongoing violence," but did not specify which rules were violated.
In 2023, Trump's YouTube account was restored. The time his account was suspended was longer than the time his accounts on other social platforms such as Metaverse and X were suspended after the "Capitol Hill riot."
At the beginning of this year, Metaverse and X platform reached a series of similar settlements. These two companies paid $25 million and $10 million respectively to Trump to resolve disputes related to content moderation.
YouTube did not admit any liability in the settlement agreement. The agreement ended the lawsuit that Trump filed after his account was suspended. (Translated by Wang Meng)
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