YouTube to pay $22 million in settlement with Trump - Latest News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : The online video platform, a subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet, is the latest Big Tech firm to settle with Trump after he lodged legal cases challenging his broad deplatforming after Jan. 6.
53% : However, tech and media companies have greenlighted settlements to Trump since his return to office as they await action from Washington on major matters affecting their businesses.
39% : Media companies have also agreed to settlements with Trump in cases brought by the president that experts see as legally dodgy.
38% : Journalism watchdog group Media Matters decried the settlement, saying it portends continued First Amendment problems under Trump.
32% : YouTube blocked Trump from uploading new content on Jan. 12, 2021, pointing to "concerns about the ongoing potential for violence."
20% : Trump reposted a message on his Truth Social platform late Monday saying "this MASSIVE victory proves Big Tech censorship has consequences," adding that the Republican "fought for free speech and WON!" Major platforms removed Trump after Jan. 6 amid worries he would promote further violence with bogus claims that voter fraud caused his loss to Joe Biden in 2020.
6% : For example, Paramount Global agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Trump over an interview with former vice president Kamala Harris that Trump claimed was edited unfairly.

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