Meta to Pay $25M to Settle Trump's 2021 Lawsuit Over Suspended Accounts

President Donald Trump has signed settlement papers in a 2021 lawsuit against Meta regarding his suspended accounts. 

The Details: Meta will be required to pay roughly $25 million in the settlement and will not have to admit any wrongdoing. The lawsuit surrounded Meta’s decision to suspend Trump’s social media accounts after the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. Of the settlement, $22 million is supposed to go to Trump’s presidential library with the rest going to legal fees and other plaintiffs. 

How The Media Covered It: The Wall Street Journal (Center Bias), which first reported on the settlement, focused on Trump and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s relationship and Zuckerberg's efforts to build a relationship with Trump over a series of visits to Mar-a-Lago. WSJ also provided context of different lawsuits Trump has previously filed with varying success. NBC (Lean Left) also focused on Zuckerberg and Trump’s relationship, reporting that “Zuckerberg has worked aggressively to court Trump since the election” and that “Meta has overhauled its content moderation policies to more closely align with the Trump administration.” On the other end, Breitbart (Right) reported that Meta “tweaked” its policies and that Trump “has recently courted tech titans including Zuckerberg and X owner Elon Musk.”