YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5m to settle a suit brought by Donald Trump in 2021 that alleged the platform wrongly suspended his channel after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. YouTube said it suspended Trump’s channel because it had violated the website’s policies against inciting violence. In its announcement, YouTube said it celebrated conservative voices on its site and blamed the account suspensions on pressure from Joe Biden. The case against YouTube had been closed in 2023, but Trump’s lawyers filed to reopen the case after he won the presidency. If you do not have an account, we will create a guest account for you on theguardian.com to send you this newsletter.