Meta Agrees to $25 Million Settlement with Trump Over 2021 Account Suspensions

The settlement resolves a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump after Facebook and Instagram suspended his accounts following the Capitol riots.

Meta Platforms will pay $25 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Donald Trump over the suspension of his Facebook and Instagram accounts in January 2021.
Trump's accounts were suspended after the Capitol riots, with Meta citing his role in encouraging the events as the reason for the ban.
The lawsuit, filed in 2021, accused Meta of censorship and targeted CEO Mark Zuckerberg specifically.
Meta lifted Trump's account suspensions in 2023, two years after the initial bans, as part of a broader policy shift.
Since returning to the presidency in January 2025, Trump has aligned with tech leaders, including Zuckerberg, who attended his inauguration and made policy adjustments favoring conservative priorities.