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Google's YouTube to pay $24.5 million to settle 2021 lawsuit by Donald Trump over account suspension

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Google's YouTube to pay $24.5 million to settle 2021 lawsuit by Donald Trump over account suspension - midwest.social

Google’s YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit by President Donald Trump over his 2021 account suspension following the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. According to documents filed in federal court in California, $22 million of the settlement will be contributed to the Trust for the National Mall to help pay for the construction of the White House State Ballroom. The rest will go to other plaintiffs, including the American Conservative Union.

Sep 29, 2025 at 11:07pmWeb
Show threadSnot FlickermanSep 29, 2025

$22 million of the settlement will be contributed to the Trust for the National Mall to help pay for the construction of the White House State Ballroom.

I hate everything so fucking much right now. I’m just so fucking tired of it being so god damned stupid and shitty day after day.

Show threadTastehWaffleZSep 29, 2025

Same, it’s pretty maddening. I want to stop hearing about stuff that’s going to deteriorate my general health but at the same time I don’t want to be blindsided by all the stuff that will have a legitimate impact on my life.

It’s all so insanely stupid and I’m so tired of him getting away with all the bullshit without even trying. Feels like the whole government is just his condom puppets that say yes to his every whim and just allow him to fuck over the country

Show threadSnot FlickermanSep 29, 2025

Not even just the government. These are basically payoffs from companies like Google to curry favor.

I’m so sick of these companies that sold themselves as making the world a better place for two fucking decades immediately just turning tail and deciding actually just paying off the king for better treatment positioning is better than democracy. It’s all so short sighted and absolutely fuck-stupid.

Show threadKairosSep 30, 2025
What, did you expect MBAs to be smart?
Show threadSnot FlickermanSep 30, 2025
I mean, fair, but we’re talking about Alphabet/Google/Youtube which was founded and run by two computer scientists until very recently. To my knowledge both Sergei Brin and Larry Page continue to be controlling shareholders, and while Page stepped down in 2019, Brin came back in 2023 to contribute to Google’s AI efforts.
Show threadKairosSep 30, 2025
Just because they vote on some stuff once a year doesn’t mean they control the company.
Show threadSnot FlickermanSep 30, 2025

I guess my point is Google was shit long before this when those guys still ran the company. Hell, even Eric Schmidt was a former computer engineer.

Brin was even at Trump’s inauguration along with current CEO Sundar Pinchai.

Show threadOxysis/OxySep 29, 2025
I don’t want to be on this stupid fucking planet anymore
Show threadphdepressedSep 30, 2025
I like this planet, I want them off it.
Show threadNate CoxSep 30, 2025

Do you all remember when these snowflakes were crying about the mean liberals not respecting a bigot cake maker refusing to make cakes?

Free market unless the big orange baby gets his feelings hurt, I guess

Show threadgrueSep 30, 2025
Blatant unapologetic hypocrisy is a primary tactic and feature of their ideology. It’s about time people quit being surprised by it or thinking that they would be shamed by having it pointed out. They won’t be shamed; they revel in it because the ability to be hypocritical with impunity demonstrates their power.
Show threadproleSep 30, 2025
Exactly this. We need to stop even acknowledging it.
Show threaddan1101Sep 30, 2025
How in the hell can anyone successfully sue over an account on a video sharing site? Brick and mortar stores have the right to refuse service, why not online services? Or does Google just want a way to give Donald John Trump money without it looking as obvious?
Show threadDarkFutureSep 30, 2025

Hope you’re all ready to live the rest of your lives in a pseudo-Russia.

We’re well on our way. Probably too far to stop it, to be honest.

Shit country. Shit populace.

Show threadproleSep 30, 2025
Unfortunately, I think we’re already there. They moved very quickly.