BALTIMORE, Md. — YouTube will reinstate creator accounts that were permanently banned for posting content about election fraud and COVID-19, the platform announced in a letter to Congress.
YouTube's parent company, Alphabet, admitted Biden administration officials repeatedly pressured the company to remove pandemic-related content even though it did not violate YouTube's own rules.
The admission follows similar revelations from other tech companies, including Facebook, about government pressure to censor COVID-19 content during the Biden presidency.
The reinstatement of previously banned accounts marks a significant policy shift for the video platform, which had maintained strict content moderation policies around election-related claims and pandemic information.
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