US EditionAlphabet Opens Path to Restoring Banned YouTube Accounts, Citing Improper White House Pressure
- YouTube announced on Tuesday that it will reinstate thousands of creators previously banned for violating COVID-19 and election integrity policies.
- This decision follows a monthslong House Judiciary Committee investigation led by Chairman Jim Jordan into alleged Biden administration pressure on Big Tech to censor content.
- The investigation revealed that senior Biden officials repeatedly urged Google to remove user content that did not violate YouTube's policies, which Google described as "unacceptable and wrong."
- Alphabet's letter stated YouTube will offer all previously banned creators a chance to return and affirmed that the platform will no longer rely on third-party fact-checkers for content moderation.
- This policy reversal marks a significant shift toward protecting free expression on YouTube but leaves open questions about which creators will return and new moderation standards.
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YouTube says creators banned for misinformation allowed back
NEW YORK — YouTube will offer creators a way to rejoin the streaming platform if they were banned for violating COVID-19 and election misinformation policies that are no longer in effect, its parent company Alphabet said Tuesday.
The platform is about to reintegrate creators of banned content for disseminating false information.
YouTube announced on Tuesday that it plans to re-establish some accounts it had previously banned for violating the rules against the repeated publication of erroneous information about covid-19 and the 2020 elections.
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