Nicholas Sandmann, then a 16-year-old student at Covington Catholic High School, sued several media companies, alleging they defamed him in their reporting of the incident.

Nicholas Sandmann confirmed the settlement on Twitter. He had alleged that the cable news network falsely labeled him a racist who instigated a threatening confrontation.

The lawsuit accuses the 24-hour news network of making "vicious" and "direct attacks" against the student.

The "anti-doxing" bill proposes making it a crime to identify a minor online with the intent to intimidate them.

“A Washington Post article first posted online on Jan. 19 reported on a Jan. 18 incident at the Lincoln Memorial,” the note began.

Attorneys representing the Kentucky high school student involved in a confrontation that went viral on social media last month announced Tuesday that they were suing The Washington Post for $250 million in compensatory and punitive damages.

"It's an enormous pool of possible defendants." 

A northern Kentucky bishop has apologized for his diocese's reaction to a videotaped encounter last week at the Lincoln Memorial between a group of high school students and Native American marchers.

He said the media, "isolated a few seconds of video footage from any shred of context."