Overview

• Alphabet confirmed the out-of-court settlement, which ends Trump’s 2021 lawsuit over his YouTube suspension.
• YouTube did not admit wrongdoing, and the deal requires no changes to its products or content policies.
• Of the total, $22 million goes to the Trust for the National Mall for the White House ballroom initiative, with $2.5 million to other plaintiffs including the American Conservative Union and Naomi Wolf.
• Trump’s channel was suspended after the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack and reinstated in 2023.
• The payout follows earlier settlements by Meta (about $25 million) and X (about $10 million), closing the series of major platform disputes without a court ruling on the underlying moderation questions.