The Atlantic: “Trump sued Zuckerberg, Pichai, and the previous CEO of Twitter (which Musk later bought and renamed X) in 2021 for proscribing his accounts after the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol. The president alleged that the businesses and executives had illegally censored him on the urging of U.S. political leaders, violating his First Modification rights. It was an ironic argument from a politician who likes to settle political grudges with governmental threats. Nevertheless it was an efficient one: Throughout their postelection courtships of Trump, Zuckerberg settled his case with a cost of $25 million, principally to Trump’s presidential-library fund, and Musk adopted with $10 million extra.”
“Now it might be Pichai’s flip. Attorneys for President Trump and Pichai have begun “productive discussions” concerning the subsequent steps of the case towards YouTube, ‘with further discussions anticipated within the close to future,’ in response to briefs filed in a San Francisco federal courtroom shortly after Memorial Day that seem to have escaped public discover. The events have requested the choose to provide them till September 2 to return to an settlement on a path ahead.”
