YouTube the last of the three Big Tech social media companies sued by President Donald Trump — which included Meta and then Twitter, now called X — to settle over his removal from their platforms. CFOTO/Future Publishing/Getty Images/File New York —

YouTube agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump after he was suspended by social media platforms following the January 6, 2021, insurrection.

This makes Alphabet-owned YouTube the last of the three Big Tech social media companies sued by Trump — which included Meta and then Twitter, now called X — to settle over his removal from their platforms.

YouTube will pay $22 million to settle the claims made by Trump to the nonprofit Trust for the National Mall, which is “dedicated to restoring, preservi

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