Meta has agreed to settle with President Donald Trump after he accused the corporate of violating his rights by suspending the president’s social media accounts following the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, based on a letter from Meta’s attorneys.
Meta confirmed that it is going to be making a donation of $22 million to Trump’s presidential library and also will pay $3 million in authorized charges.
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“I write to tell the Courtroom that the events have reached an settlement to settle the named plaintiffs’ particular person claims and resolve this matter,” the letter learn.
In July 2021, Trump sued Meta and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg for “censoring” his social media account after the Jan. 6 assault, accusing the corporate of colluding with Democratic lawmakers to silence the then-former president.
President Donald Trump speaks earlier than signing the Laken Riley Act on the White Home in Washington, Jan. 29, 2025.
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“Akin to forcing a spherical peg right into a sq. gap, Fb declared that particular posts of Plaintiff had violated Fb’s self-imposed ‘Group Requirements,'” the lawsuit stated.
The settlement comes as Zuckerberg has tried to easy his relationship with Trump, prominently attending his inauguration earlier this month and making a number of journeys to Mar-a-Lago. Meta donated $1 million to his marketing campaign, ended its DEI applications, and revamped its fact-checking coverage, whereas Zuckerberg has expressed remorse for his firm’s previous insurance policies.
“It truly is a slippery slope, and it simply bought to some extent the place it is simply, OK, that is destroying a lot belief, particularly in the US, to have this program,” Zuckerberg informed Joe Rogan concerning the firm’s fact-checking coverage.