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Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Meta said Wednesday it would pay $25 million to settle a four-year-old lawsuit from President Donald Trump over the social media company's decision to suspend Trump's accounts after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, filed a notice of the settlement in federal court in San Francisco, where the lawsuit was pending. Meta spokesperson Andy Stone separately confirmed the terms: a $25 million payment from the company, with $22 million going toward a fund for Trump's presidential library and the balance dedicated to legal fees and other plaintiffs in the case. The settlement does not require Meta to admit wrongdoing, Stone said. The White House declined to comment on the settlement.

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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

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