"In a letter sent to the House Judiciary Committee, Alphabet's lawyers claimed that the Biden administration had previously "pressed the Company" to remove user-generated Covid-19 content that had not violated Alphabet's policies, and that the "political atmosphere" had forced their hand. "It is unacceptable and wrong when any government, including the Biden Administration, attempts to dictate how the Company moderates content," they wrote."
"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. Back in 2020, during the height of the pandemic and during the first Trump administration, YouTube implemented a "medical misinformation policy" that blocked content promoting covid conspiracy theories and eventually banned them outright."
Google will reverse a content moderation decision by offering a path for channels banned in 2020 for spreading covid and election misinformation to return to YouTube. Alphabet's lawyers told the House Judiciary Committee that the Biden administration had "pressed the Company" to remove user-generated Covid-19 content that did not violate Alphabet's policies and that the "political atmosphere" had influenced the company's actions. Alphabet wrote that government attempts to dictate moderation are unacceptable and wrong. In 2020, during the pandemic and the first Trump administration, YouTube implemented a "medical misinformation policy" that blocked content promoting covid conspiracy theories and eventually banned them outright.
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