Meta will pay President Donald Trump $25 million to settle a lawsuit over the company's decision to "indefinitely" ban him from Facebook and Instagram in 2021, following the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. Trump sued Meta in 2021 after he was removed from its platforms.

According to reporting by the Wall Street Journal, President Donald Trump has reportedly signed settlement papers expected to require Meta Platforms to pay approximately $25 million to resolve a 2021 lawsuit he filed after the company suspended his accounts following the attacks on the U.S. Capitol that year.

Meta to pay President Trump $25 million as settlement for suspending his Facebook accounts - Trump filed the suit after his accounts were taken offline in the wake of the January 6 attack on U.S. Capi