Inset: Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta, makes a point during an appearance at SIGGRAPH 2024, the premier conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques, Monday, July 29, 2024, in the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver (AP Photo/David Zalubowski). Background: Republican Candidate for President Donald Trump attends the Building America’s Future, Southeastern Pennsylvania Roundtable at the Drexelbrook Event Center on October 29, 2024 in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania (Matt Bishop/imageSPACE/Sipa USA via AP Images).
The social media company Meta Platforms, Inc. will pay Donald Trump $25 million to settle a First Amendment lawsuit filed years ago in response to the president being suspended from Facebook over posts praising his supporters after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
On Wednesday, an attorney for Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg filed a notice of settlement in the Northern District of California.
“I write to inform the Court that the parties have reached an agreement to settle the named plaintiffs’ individual claims and resolve this matter,” the terse filing reads. “The parties will file a joint stipulation of dismissal with prejudice in the coming days.”
On Thursday, the dollar amount agreed upon was reported by The Associated Press, citing “three people familiar with the matter.”
