Overview

• The notice of settlement filed in federal court outlines the payout and specifies it is not an admission of liability by YouTube or Alphabet.
• Another $2.5 million will go to other plaintiffs in the case, including the American Conservative Union and several named individuals such as Naomi Wolf.
• The deal completes a series of 2025 resolutions of Trump’s social‑media suits, following Meta’s $25 million settlement and X’s roughly $10 million payment.
• YouTube suspended Trump’s channel on January 12, 2021 for violating its policy against inciting violence and reinstated the account in 2023.
• Trump’s lawsuits raised First Amendment claims that legal experts long viewed as weak against private platforms, and the settlements avoided court rulings on those issues.