US President Donald Trump has won a lawsuit against YouTube and will receive 24.5 million dollars in damages after the platform suspended his account in response to the Capitol riots in early 2021, reports.
YouTube is one of three companies the US president has sued for suspending his accounts – the lawsuit also includes Facebook and X. According to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital, 22 million dollars will be paid on Trump’s behalf to the Trust for the National Mall, a nonprofit organization that supports the renovation of the White House Ballroom. The platform’s parent company, Alphabet, will also pay 2.5 million dollars to other plaintiffs, including the American Conservative Union.
The settlement concludes a series of high-profile lawsuits that Trump has filed against major tech companies after he was denied access to accounts on multiple platforms and social networks. Facebook parent company
Meta paid a 25 million dollars settlement in early 2025, while X reportedly paid 10 million dollars.
YouTube suspended the US president’s account on January 2021, on the grounds that Trump’s content violated the platform’s policy on incitement to violence. The account was reinstated in March 2023, and Trump has said that the suspension was unlawful and violated his right to free speech.
Trump’s lawyer, John P. Coale, highlighted Trump’s return to the White House as a contributing factor in the successful conclusion of the cases. The lawyer told The Wall Street Journal that if Trump had not been re-elected, the lawsuit would have dragged on for another thousand years.
A Google spokesperson confirmed the settlement and said the company’s position is in court documents.
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