YouTube Settles Trump 1st Amendment ‘Censorship’ Suit For $24.5 Million

Mealey's ( October 1, 2025, 11:10 AM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — Parties agreed to a $24.5 million settlement in a putative class action filed in 2021 by President Donald J. Trump, individuals and putative class members against YouTube LLC and Sundar Pichai, CEO of its parent company, alleging that the plaintiffs were “de-platformed or censored” by having their content removed from YouTube....