Overview

• 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.