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YouTube announced it will restore thousands of channels that were previously banned for violating its COVID-19 and election integrity policies[^1]. This decision came in a 28-page letter from Alphabet to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on September 23, 2025[^7].

The company acknowledged that Biden administration officials had pressured YouTube to remove content "that did not violate its policies," which Alphabet called "unacceptable and wrong"[^1][^7]. YouTube's current guidelines now permit a "wider range of content" regarding COVID-19 and elections[^1].

Notable figures who could return include Dan Bongino (now FBI Deputy Director), White House counterterrorism chief Sebastian Gorka, and others who were banned for discussing COVID-19 or election claims[^14]. The platform will offer terminated creators a process to rejoin if they were banned for violating policies that are no longer in effect[^7].

As part of this change, YouTube will also ban the use of official fact-checkers on its platform, instead launching a feature similar to X's "Community Notes" that allows users to provide context on videos[^7].

[^1]: Ars Technica - YouTube will restore channels banned for COVID and election misinformation

[^7]: Deseret News - YouTube restores accounts that were censored over COVID-19 and 2020 election claims

[^14]: Washington Examiner - YouTube content creators no longer banned over political speech

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[–] crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 1 week ago (11 children)

I'm having a hard time believing that the Biden administration was some tyrannical anti-free speech censorship regime (can you imagine?). I remember the White House wanting a meeting with the social media platform owners at the time to discuss concerns of COVID misinformation that was literally killing people, and they didn't say anything about being forced to until Trump won the election. This stinks of shitty lip service to the current administration.

[–] TheAgeOfSuperboredom@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 week ago (8 children)

It's not lip service. The large platforms are now the official propaganda arm of fascism.

[–] StewNasty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago

Of course they are. They see which way the wind is blowing and are following it to the money. Simple as.

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