YouTube to pay $36 million to settle lawsuit over suspension of President Trump's account
In a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump, whose YouTube account was frozen following the January 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol, YouTube's parent company, Alphabet, has agreed to pay President Trump $24.5 million (approximately 3.6 billion yen) in settlement.
Exclusive | YouTube to Pay $24.5 Million to Settle Lawsuit Brought by Trump - WSJ
YouTube settles Trump's Jan. 6 lawsuit for $24 million : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/29/nx-s1-5557371/youtube-trump-lawsuit-settlement
Alphabet will pay $22 million to settle President Trump's YouTube lawsuit
https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/alphabet-will-pay-22-million-to-settle-president-trumps-youtube-lawsuit-234611643.html
Democratic candidate Joe Biden won the presidential election held in October 2020, but the vote was so close that a joint session of Congress was held in January 2021 to finalize the election results. Supporters of President Trump, who lost to Biden, stormed the Capitol building where the session was being held, resulting in one person being shot and killed.
A video of a woman being shot and killed after Trump supporters invaded the US Capitol building - GIGAZINE
At the time, President Trump was banned from various social media platforms, including YouTube, for posting content that incited his supporters.
President Trump has filed lawsuits against the social media companies, claiming that these measures have resulted in censorship.
In 2025, X paid about $10 million (about 1.5 billion yen) and Meta paid $25 million (about 3.7 billion yen) to resolve the issue, and Alphabet followed suit.
The settlement will be paid to the National Park Service's nonprofit partner, the Trust for the National Mall , to help fund the ballroom Trump is building at the White House. Meta's settlement payment has already been used to fund the construction.
Separately, Paramount, the parent company of CBS, which aired the interview with Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate for 2024, was also sued by President Trump for editing the interview to 'confuse, deceive, and mislead the public.' The company paid a settlement of $16 million (approximately 2.4 billion yen).
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