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YouTube to pay Trump $22M following January 6 Capitol riots ban
- msie 1y agoCommon Trump tactic is to use lawyers to bully organizations then have them settle out of court. I wish someone would stand up to this bully!
- msie 1y agoYouTube felt it could lose more than $22 million if it fought the lawsuit, which is interesting.
- treetalker 1y agoAlternatively, a settlement to end litigation is a great way to cleanly, openly, and almost unassailably transfer money to someone you might not otherwise be able to pay. And who's to question the propriety of the amount?
- dns_snek 1y agoWell they've shown that they're willing to abuse every arm of the government to punish dissent. $22 million is cheap if it avoids extralegal retaliation by the US government.
- rsynnott 1y agoOr, alternatively, it is a means to pay a bribe which will be difficult to prove later if and when the US returns to the rule of law.
- mdp2021 1y agoBut questions will be raised now, and they will be raised again later, since the absurdity of the sentencing will resound in jurisprudence for years to come. This will probably and hopefully not be forgotten: the question will remain for later.
- bonsai_spool 1y agoThis was first reported by WSJ - we should use a primary source when it's so readily available: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/youtube-to-pay-24-5-million-to-settle-lawsuit-brought-by-trump-808f6823 https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/youtube-to-pay-24-5-million-...
- throwmeaway222 1y agoThe day this happened many, even on the left (including me at the time) noted how insane it was that they cancelled the sitting president.
- bonsai_spool 1y ago> The day this happened many, even on the left (including me at the time) noted how insane it was that they cancelled the sitting president. Well, when does the equation change? Or are third parties obligated to function as the radio/TV stations that African rebels co-opt in the first moments of a coup?
- iamdelirium 1y ago[flagged]
- throwmeaway222 1y agoLife is only in hacker news right
- Jordrok 1y agoI remember being more astonished that it took so long for it to finally happen. If he hadn't been the president, he would have been banned ages earlier. Same exact thing with this settlement - if he wasn't the president it wouldn't be happening. Based on merit alone, he'd stay banned for life.
- jokethrowaway 1y agoI see where you are coming from, but I completely disagree - his content is mild, he's just being banned because he's in the enemy's party, among the people running the platforms. (politically I dislike both right wing authoritarianism and left wing authoritarianism - and I live in EU)
- FranzFerdiNaN 1y ago[flagged]