YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to President Trump and others who were blocked by the video-sharing platform after the January 6, 2021, riots at the US Capitol. The New York Times reports.
According to documents filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, the bulk of YouTube’s payment — $22 million — will go to Trump.
He has ordered the money to be transferred to the Trust for the National Mall and to the construction of a ballroom at the White House.
The remaining $2.5 million will be distributed among other plaintiffs in the case, including writer Naomi Wolf and the American Conservative Union.
Trump filed a lawsuit against Alphabet, the parent company of YouTube and Google, as well as other social networks, after the platforms blocked his accounts in 2021.