The Meta CEO met with Trump after his win in the 2024 presidential election, according to multiple reports including CBS and the New York Times. And more recently, he named Trump ally and UFC boss Dana White to Meta's board of directors and elevated prominent Republican Joel Kaplan to lead its global affairs operation.

Discussions about the lawsuit, which had not gotten very far since the fall of 2023, started again after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg visited Trump's Florida Mar-a-Lago club for a din

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg (C) attends President Trump's inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C. Photo: Kenny Holston/Pool/AFP via President Trump on Wednesday settled a lawsuit that will require Meta to pay about $25 million,