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YouTube will allow creators banned under its old COVID-19 and election misinformation policies to return, Alphabet said in a letter to Congress.
Alphabet attorneys, in a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, called actions by the Biden administration "unacceptable and wrong." The platform has agreed to reinstate creators banned for COVID-19 and election-related content.
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rejoin the streaming platform if they were banned for violating COVID-19 and election misinformation policies that are no longer in effect.
The streaming platform revealed its plans to restore creators’ accounts on Tuesday in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee. The change comes as YouTube has started relaxing its content moderation rules, increasing the threshold for offending content and modifying rules on Covid misinformation.
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rejoin the streaming platform if they were banned for violating COVID-19 and election misinformation policies that are no longer in effect.
The platform alleges the previous administration's efforts to muzzle health lies was a violation of first amendment rights.
Google has announced it will reverse a major content moderation decision: YouTube will offer channels that were banned for spreading covid and election misinformation in 2020 a pathway back onto the platform.
It could mean a YouTube comeback for prominent conservative voices like Dan Bongino and Steve Bannon.
Since the beginning of President Donald Trump's second term in office, YouTube has reportedly loosened its content-moderation policies. According to The New York Times, the Google-owned social platform has coached its content moderators to prioritize ...