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In 2021, President Donald Trump sued Meta after his accounts were suspended in the wake of the January 6 riot. WSJ’s Rebecca Ballhaus explains why Mark Zuckerberg agreed to settle for $25 million yesterday.
Further Reading:
- Meta to Pay $25 Million to Settle 2021 Trump Lawsuit
- Meta Ends Fact-Checking on Facebook, Instagram in Free-Speech Pitch
- ABC News to Pay $15 Million to Settle Donald Trump Defamation Lawsuit
Further Listening:
- Corporate America's Embrace of Trump 2.0
- The End of Facebook’s Content Moderation Era
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