President Donald Trump has reportedly signed a roughly $25 million settlement agreement with Meta over the social media company's decision to suspend his accounts following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion.
Meta has announced it will be settling a four-year-long lawsuit from President Donald Trump that was filed against the company
"Facebook’s own Oversight Board concluded that the...indefinite deplatforming of President Trump lacked any basis in its existing, consistently applied community standards."
Meta will pay $25 million to settle Donald Trump's 2021 lawsuit against the tech company, which came after the president's social media accounts were suspended following the events of Jan. 6, 2021.
In Trump’s first term, Meta quietly introduced a slew of Republican-friendly changes. But led by Joel Kaplan, the company is done playing both sides and is going all-in on MAGA.
Meta agreed to a $25 million settlement over a 2021 lawsuit President Donald Trump brought against Meta for suspending his accounts after the January 6th insurrection at the US Capitol. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report the news, and Meta spokesperson Andy Stone confirmed the settlement to The Verge.
On Meta's earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg said this will be a "big year" for redefining the company's relationship with the federal government.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg praised the Trump administration for backing Silicon Valley on a call with investors, adding that 2025 will be big for "redefining" the company's relationships with governments.
Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly agreed to pay $25 million to settle a lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump. Trump sued the company, which owns […]
Meta confirmed that it will be making a donation of $22 million to Trump's presidential library and will also pay $3 million in legal fees. "I write to inform the Court that the parties have reached an agreement to settle the named plaintiffs' individual claims and resolve this matter," the letter read.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said, "I want to be clear, after the last several years, we now have an opportunity to have a productive partnership with the United States government. We're going to take that.