www.theverge.com Meta agrees to pay $25 million to settle Trump account suspension suit
Trump and Zuckerberg discussed it at Mar-a-Lago.
Cue people spouting: "But muh marketplace!" "But muh friend from highschool I haven't spoken to in a decade!" "But muh extended family I barely even know exist!"
Any excuse to keep hitting that crack pipe.
Meta agreed to a $25 million settlement over a 2021 lawsuit President Donald Trump brought against Meta for suspending his accounts after the January 6th insurrection at the US Capitol. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report the news, and Meta spokesperson Andy Stone confirmed the settlement to The Verge.
It’s a step that Trump discussed with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg during his recent visit to Mar-a-Lago, The Verge has independently confirmed. One unnamed source told The Journal that Trump indicated the lawsuit would need to be resolved before Zuckerberg would have a chance of being “brought into the tent.”
The White House and an advisor to Trump did not immediately provide comment.
The settlement, which would contribute $22 million toward Trump’s presidential library funds as well as legal fees, is the latest signal of Trump’s powerful influence over corporate America. Trump’s odds of success in the case did not look particularly promising, given that a judge dismissed a s
Is that the award winning IBM Thinkpad™ running Linux?!
Funny that you think Gaza genocide was the reason people didn't vote vs pure laziness. The Gaza thing was a scapegoat for 90% of them.
Good. Nvidia has grown greedy and fat.