Youtube Caves to Trump with $24.5m Settlement
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YouTube settled a lawsuit with Donald Trump over his banned channel for $24.5M, sparking concerns about the platform's content moderation policies and potential political influence.
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Heck, summon every GOP billionaire and demand they pay a wealth “donation”
And you don’t see a slight difference between being concerned about the public health and putting the government on them and threatening to put them out of business because he didn’t like what they said about him personally like Trump tried to do with Disney?
Or not approving a merger until the company paid him directly like Trump did with Paramount?
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>The vast majority of YouTube’s settlement payment — $22 million — will go to Mr. Trump, according to the filing in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He has directed that the money be contributed to the Trust for the National Mall and to the construction of a ballroom at the White House.