In 2021, President Donald Trump sued Meta after his accounts were suspended in the wake of the January 6 riot. WSJ’s Rebecca Ballhaus explains why Mark Zuckerberg agreed to settle for $25 million yesterday.

Further Reading: 

- Meta to Pay $25 Million to Settle 2021 Trump Lawsuit 

- Meta Ends Fact-Checking on Facebook, Instagram in Free-Speech Pitch 

- ABC News to Pay $15 Million to Settle Donald Trump Defamation Lawsuit 

Further Listening: 

- Corporate America's Embrace of Trump 2.0 

- The End of Facebook’s Content Moderation Era 

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