YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million (£18.6m) to settle a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump after the platform suspended his account following the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, making it the latest social media giant to reach a settlement with the former president.

• Alphabet, parent company of YouTube, will pay $24.5 million in total, with $22 million earmarked for the Trust for the National Mall and $2.5 million for other organizations and individuals including the American Conservative Union.
• This settlement follows similar agreements with Meta (Facebook’s parent company) for $25 million and X for a reported $10 million.
• The settlements align with a more conciliatory tone from Silicon Valley towards Trump, including a loosening of content moderation on several platforms like YouTube, which plans to restore accounts previously banned for false claims about Covid and the 2020 election.