{"id":21609,"date":"2025-02-13T16:31:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T16:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=21609"},"modified":"2025-02-13T16:31:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T16:31:45","slug":"elon-musks-twitter-agrees-to-pay-10000000-to-settle-donald-trump-censorship-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=21609","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk’s Twitter agrees to pay $10,000,000 to settle Donald Trump ‘censorship’ lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Elon Musk’s Twitter has agreed to pay $10 million to settle Donald Trump’s ‘censorship’ lawsuit that was brought about after the January 6 Capitol riots.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following the\u00a0riots<\/a>\u00a0that unfolded in January 2021 in Washington DC, social media companies such as Meta and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0suspended the then-outgoing president from their platforms.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,\u201d Twitter said on the suspension.<\/p>\n

As per the Wall Street Journal and New York Times,\u00a0Trump<\/a>\u00a0decided to sue Twitter and Jack Dorsey, who was then CEO of the social media giant, in July 2021.<\/p>\n

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Elon Musk’s Twitter has agreed to settle the bill (Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

The 78-year-old argued his comments were unfairly censored, though the ban remained until Twitter changed ownership.<\/p>\n

Twitter is of course now owned by\u00a0Musk<\/a>, a good friend of the president and also a part of his government.<\/p>\n

The Tesla founder co-runs the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and Musk has even visited the White House recently.<\/p>\n

So, in somewhat expected news, Trump’s lawsuit involving Twitter has come to an end after the\u00a0social media<\/a>\u00a0company agreed to pay the sum of $10 million to settle the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Back in May 2022, Judge James Donato dismissed the lawsuit, stating Twitter hadn’t infringed Trump\u2019s First Amendment rights to free speech.<\/p>\n

UNILAD has reached out to Musk’s representatives for comment.<\/p>\n

Following the verdict, the president had appealed to the US Court of Appeals, and the case was pending until Musk agreed to pay up.<\/p>\n

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Trump was suing Twitter (Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Musk joined Trump in the Oval Office<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday (February 11), where an awkward interaction with a reporter occurred.<\/p>\n

Musk was asked by a reporter to publicly correct a statement he made about sending $50 million worth of condoms to Gaza in the Middle East, when it was actually Gaza in Mozambique.<\/p>\n

“How can we make sure that all the statements that you said were correct, so we can trust what you say?” the journalist subsequently asked.<\/p>\n

The Tesla founder, who also forefronts the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), replied: “Some of the things that I say will be incorrect and should be corrected.<\/p>\n

“I mean, you know, we will make mistakes, but we’ll act quickly to correct any mistakes.”<\/p>\n

Musk also said: “I’m not sure we should be sending $50 million worth of condoms to anywhere, frankly. I’m not sure that’s something Americans would be really excited about.”<\/p>\n

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