3d ago

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

YouTube to pay $24.5 million to settle lawsuit over Trump's account suspension after Jan. 6 attack

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.

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3d ago

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

apnews.com /article/trump-youtube-google-settlement-january-6-01275f67afed84402fcff0118ce698a5

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$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.
- 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
  
  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.
- If you want to feel worse, even if that whole $22 million went to funding the construction of a ballroom, thats barely only 10% of the 'cost.'
- I don’t want to be on this stupid fucking planet anymore
  
  I like this planet, I want them off it.
- I'm far over from living in these so-called "interesting times". Because things aren't interesting, it's just getting depressingly degrading by the second. Like, all of this bullshit is a huge vacuum that discards any level of optimism. No good news short of knowing this man or anyone in his administration is dead and gone will suffice.
  Wished that damn assassin was a better shot, the ear wasn't good enough.
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.
- Unfortunately, I think we're already there. They moved very quickly.
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
- 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.
  
  Exactly this. We need to stop even acknowledging it.
Fucking Americans are so fucking stupid, just watching their country devolve into a fascist crime mob run by fucking clowns, sponsored by their favourite companies.
- Beyond protesting i don't know of much else i can do here.
  
  It's called civil DISOBEDIENCE. NOT protesting. BE DISOBEDIENT. Just do it CIVILY. It's always worked when ENOUGH people DISOBEY. NOT when they protest.
  Protesting doesn't do much but make Billionaires laugh at the fact they convinced you history is full of successful protests. It's not. It's full of successful civil Disobedience.
  It's just more dangerous than ever to do. But also worth it more than ever.
  
  I mean I'll be switching away from google services. Boycotts and strikes are the last remaining peaceful solutions
It's a way to secure bribes for the president. He files frivolous lawsuits and then shakes them down for settlements.
- Even tech oligarchs allied to the regime do this, as we see here. It's not just the shakedown, it's also just a much easier way to pay him. Easier to explain than briefcases of cash or the very obvious money laundering that he tries to pretend is a real estate business.
- Yup Google is about to be handed a DoD or DOJ contract for cloud.
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?
- Its about bribing them to keep contracts etc
Cowards.
legalized bribery
- extortion
  
  touché
Open corruption and bribes is the name of the game for republicans and their tiny orange leader.
What's a backbone?
I wish I still used Google products so I could stop using them now
Can you bend the knee so hard it breaks? Because that's what all those companies are doing...
If you're already using ublock to skip their ads, does boycotting YouTube help? Genuine question, on the one hand you're giving them metrics but on the other, you're using their resources without really giving them anything.
- Boycotting helps but it has to be done on scale which almost never happens because people are spoiled and lazy. There has to be a huge momentum.
- For me sadly all of the creators are there and i am hoping some of them jump to peertube or something
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohPToBog_-g&t=1577s
I maintain that american corporations should be beholden to the bill of rights. A random citizen can choose to ban people from their forum, but an "open forum" where they are exploiting their users, shouldn't have that luxury.
- If it's an "open forum" or "the public square" as it's also been called, it should be owned and regulated by the government, not controlled by a for-profit corporation.
  Either way, what you're suggesting is forcing corporations to provide a platform for fascism. That goes WAY beyond free speech protection and into compelling services/prohibiting moderation.
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