In this photo illustration, the Meta Platforms, Inc. logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
Meta has agreed to pay President Donald Trump $25 million to settle a 2021 federal lawsuit alleging First Amendment violations and other claims following the company suspending him from Facebook and Instagram in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
The payout resolves the suit Trump filed against Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly engaging in “impermissible censorship” by removing the president from