Bought Silence: How Trump Is Winning the Information War

YouTube pays up, TikTok hands over power, and the press retreats, all while the whiner-in-chief plays the victim.

On September 29, YouTube quietly settled a lawsuit brought by Donald Trump, agreeing to pay $24.5 million. The lawsuit stemmed from YouTube’s suspension of Trump’s account in the aftermath of the January 6th Capitol attack, a decision that Trump claimed amounted to political censorship.

Though his account was reinstated in 2023, the lawsuit persisted. Th…