YouTube is the latest major tech platform to settle its legal strife with President Donald Trump.

On Monday, the video platform owned by Alphabet’s Google agreed to a $22 million payment to Trump over censoring his content in 2021. YouTube and other tech giants like X and Meta faced lawsuits after suspending Trump over his content regarding the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

At the time, X, previously Twitter, said Trump’s posts were causing a “risk of further incitement of violence,” according to Axios . Trump then accused the platforms of acting unconstitutionally.

According to the settlement that was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Trump’s reward will go to the Trust for the National Mall, a nonprofit “dedicated to restoring, pres

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