• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
Elon Musk's Twitter agrees to pay $10,000,000 to settle Donald Trump 'censorship' lawsuit

Home> News> World News

Published 08:46 13 Feb 2025 GMT

Elon Musk's Twitter agrees to pay $10,000,000 to settle Donald Trump 'censorship' lawsuit

Donald Trump sued Twitter after he was banned from the platform in 2021

Callum Jones

Callum Jones

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.

Following the riots that unfolded in January 2021 in Washington DC, social media companies such as Meta and Twitter suspended the then-outgoing president from their platforms.

“After 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,” Twitter said on the suspension.

As per the Wall Street Journal and New York Times, Trump decided to sue Twitter and Jack Dorsey, who was then CEO of the social media giant, in July 2021.

Advert

Elon Musk's Twitter has agreed to settle the bill (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Elon Musk's Twitter has agreed to settle the bill (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

The 78-year-old argued his comments were unfairly censored, though the ban remained until Twitter changed ownership.

Twitter is of course now owned by Musk, a good friend of the president and also a part of his government.

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

Advert

So, in somewhat expected news, Trump's lawsuit involving Twitter has come to an end after the social media company agreed to pay the sum of $10 million to settle the lawsuit.

Back in May 2022, Judge James Donato dismissed the lawsuit, stating Twitter hadn't infringed Trump’s First Amendment rights to free speech.

UNILAD has reached out to Musk's representatives for comment.

Following the verdict, the president had appealed to the US Court of Appeals, and the case was pending until Musk agreed to pay up.

Advert

Trump was suing Twitter (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Trump was suing Twitter (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Musk joined Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday (February 11), where an awkward interaction with a reporter occurred.

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.

"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.

Advert

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.

"I mean, you know, we will make mistakes, but we'll act quickly to correct any mistakes."

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."

Featured Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Getty

Topics: Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Twitter, Social Media

Callum Jones
Callum Jones

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

22 mins ago
25 mins ago
an hour ago
2 hours ago
  • 22 mins ago

    Daughter’s heartbreaking words in court as dad is found guilty of killing her mom with poisoned protein shake

    James Craig has been jailed for methodically poisoning his wife

    News
  • 25 mins ago

    'Dear friend' of Liam Neeson's late wife reveals exactly what he said to him amid Pamela Anderson 'romance'

    Liam Neeson's wife Natasha Richardson died in 2009 in a skiing accident

    Celebrity
  • an hour ago

    Symptoms of Lyme disease explained after Justin Timberlake reveals 'shock' diagnosis

    Justin Timberlake described the condition as 'relentlessly debilitating'

    News
  • 2 hours ago

    Eye-watering amount ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is set to cost taxpayers every year

    Florida's new migrant detention center opened on July 1

    News
  • Video of Donald Trump kissing Elon Musk's feet played on TVs inside government building in shocking stunt
  • Trump administration sends $10,000,000 worth of birth control to be burned instead of donating it for aid
  • Stephen King hits out at Donald Trump and Elon Musk with blunt message in surprise return to Twitter
  • People point out Donald Trump's 'uncomfortable' reaction to Elon Musk's $50,000,000 condom 'mistake'