Meta to Pay $25 Million to Settle Trump Lawsuit

Capitulation isn't a good look. Just sayin

#1 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-01-29 07:15 PM | Reply

So, Zuck seems to be paying an insignificant amount of money (i.e., insignificant to him) to Pres Trump to assure that Pres Trump continues to treat Meta nicely?

The oligarchy continues.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-29 07:45 PM | Reply

Another scumbag that will be stealing tax money.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-01-29 08:13 PM | Reply

Another scumbag that will be stealing tax money.

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-01-29 08:13 PM | Reply

@#3 ... Another scumbag that will be stealing tax money. ...

Well, yeah.

The oligarchs that Pres Trump has embraced (I'm being kind) are not at all concerned about workers.

They seem to be only concerned about maximizing their return for how they have sucked up to Pres Trump.

Sadly, Pres Trump seems to revel (again, being kind) in such adulation.

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-29 11:17 PM | Reply

Basically a bribe cloaked as a settlement.

#6 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-01-30 07:25 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I agree with those who see it as just another bribe to the gangster in chief...little to nothing gets done unless someone crosses a Trump's palms with silver, or
40 million bucks.

#7 | Posted by Hughmass at 2025-01-31 07:40 AM | Reply

Access fee. Of course, all others beside King Dotard II will have to get their own. This money is his and his alone. The lawyers--their work was pro bono...

#8 | Posted by catdog at 2025-01-31 09:27 AM | Reply

Meta Will Give Trump $25 Million After He Was Banned From Platforms
www.yahoo.com

... Meta will pay President Donald Trump $25 million to settle a lawsuit after the tech giant banned him from Facebook and Instagram following the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol.

The Wall Street Journal was the first to report the news.

The payment will include $22 million toward a fund for Trump's presidential library, while the remaining $3 million will go to legal fees and several other plaintiffs who were also part of the case.

The Journal notes Meta will not admit wrongdoing as part of the deal. ...

Zuckerberg has made major overtures to the Trump administration since the November election. The Journal notes the pair began discussing a way to end the suit in November after Zuckerberg flew to Trump's Mar-a-Lago club for dinner following his electoral victory.

Trump reportedly told the Facebook co-founder the case needed to be handled before he could be "brought into the tent," a source told the paper. ...

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-31 12:45 PM | Reply