Alphabet is the final major tech company to pay President Donald Trump after it barred him from a social media platform following the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. On Monday, Alphabet, which owns YouTube, announced that it would pay $24.5 million to settle a case brought by Trump following his post-riot ban. Of that amount,$22 million will go to Trump. The remaining $2.5 million will go to co-plaintiffs, including the American Conservative Union, Andrew Baggiani, Austen Fletcher, Maryse Veronica Jean-Lou ...