Meta Platforms announced on Wednesday that she agreed to pay about $ 25 million to settle a lawsuit by President Donald Trump on the suspension of his accounts by the company after the attack on January 6, 2021 in the US Capitol.

Trump filed lawsuits against Twitternow known as x, of her Facebook Inc and of googl.o Google of Alphabet Inc, as well as their executives in July 2021, claiming that they had illegally silenced his views.

Trump’s Facebook accounts and Instagram were suspended after his supporters fired an attack on the US Capitol after a speech that reiterated his electoral defeat was a result of Extensive fraud.

Of the settlement amount, $ 22 million will be donated to a Fund for the Trump Presidential Library and the rest on legal fees and other plaintiffs in the case.

Meta has notified a federal court settlement in San Francisco.

As stated in Reutersdiscussions on the lawsuit, which had not progressed from the fall of 2023, began again after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Mark Zuckerberg)visited Trump’s club in Florida Mar-A-Lago for dinner with him in November, according to the Wall Street Journal, who first mentioned the news.

The social media giant under the leadership of Zuckerberg attempts to correct his relations with a leader who protested against political content and threatened his chief executive with imprisonment.

In a deviation from its previous practice, Meta announced in December contribution of $ 1 million at Trump’s opening fund.

Meta finished the diversity, justice and integration programs (DEI) in January and also canceled the US event control program and reduced restrictions on discussions on controversial issues such as immigration and gender identity.

Named the prominent Republican Joel as the head of her international affairs and elected to her Board of Directors the Dana WhiteManaging Director of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Trump’s close friend.