YouTube is set to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit by President Donald Trump after he was suspended by the video-sharing platform following the January 6, 2021, insurrection in Washington, D.C.

According to CNN, YouTube is the last of three “Big Tech” social media platforms that Trump sued for the suspensions. Others sued were Meta (formerly known as Facebook) and Twitter (now called X). Meta had previously agreed to settle Trump’s lawsuit by paying $25 million. X’s settlement was around $10 million.

As part of the Trump lawsuit settlement, YouTube will pay $22 million to the nonprofit Trust for the National Mall. This organization is “dedicated to restoring, preserving, and elevating the National Mall, to support the construction of the White House State Ballroom.”

The other $2.5

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