YouTube is “engaged in productive discussions” with President Trump’s legal professionals in his case towards the social media platform for banning his account within the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, court docket paperwork present.
In a court docket submitting from late Might, the 2 sides requested the decide to delay a June court docket listening to. The doc was first reported Thursday by The Atlantic.
“The events have engaged in productive discussions concerning subsequent steps on this case, with extra discussions anticipated within the close to future,” the legal professionals wrote, requesting a Sept. 8 court docket date.
Trump introduced lawsuits towards a number of main tech corporations in 2021, together with YouTube, Twitter and Fb, after he was banned from their platforms following riots on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
In his case towards YouTube, which additionally names Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Google dad or mum Alphabet, the president alleged that the favored video-sharing website had “more and more engaged in impermissible censorship,” underscoring its choice to ban him on Jan. 12, 2021.
Each Fb, which has since turn into a subset of Mark Zuckerberg’s bigger tech firm Meta, and Twitter, now X, settled with Trump earlier this yr. Meta agreed to pay $25 million in January, whereas X agreed to pay $10 million in February.
The Hill has reached out to Google and Trump’s lawyer for remark.