"YouTube's parent company Alphabet announced Tuesday it's allowing creators who received permanent bans over misinformation relating to COVID-19 and the 2020 election to apply to be reinstated. This likely includes Robert F. Kennedy Jr and Steve Bannon. As CNBC reports, Alphabet referred to the new policy as a limited pilot program made available to a subset of creators who might be allowed back, along with those who violated policies that have since been revised."
"Attorneys for Alphabet wrote in response to subpoenas from the House Judiciary Committee that the new policy honors free speech and the company values conservative voices, which were censored by the Biden administration. We've had a lot of questions about a pathway back to YouTube for some terminated creators to set up a new channel. This will be a limited pilot project that will be available to a subset of creators in addition to those channels terminated for policies that have been deprecated."
YouTube's parent company Alphabet announced a limited pilot allowing some creators permanently banned for COVID-19 and 2020 election misinformation to apply for reinstatement. The pilot likely covers high-profile figures such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Steve Bannon and includes channels removed under policies later revised or deprecated. The company began loosening content moderation in 2023 around election-related conspiracies and removed dedicated COVID-19 restrictions in 2024, permitting discussion of unproven treatments. Attorneys told the House Judiciary Committee the policy honors free speech and values conservative voices, asserting those voices had been censored by the Biden administration.
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