Google admits to censorship under Biden Admin pressure and pledged to reinstate banned YouTube accounts for political content.

YouTube will provide opportunities for creators banned over COVID-19 and election content to rejoin the platform as Google shifts toward supporting free expression.

Google has announced it will allow YouTube accounts previously banned for political speech to be reinstated, acknowledging that the Biden administration had pressured the company to remove content related to COVID-19 and elections. The move comes after years of controversy over how political content was moderated on the platform.

Google admitted President Joe Biden's administration "pressed" the tech giant and YouTube to censor content the administration felt was COVID-19 "misinformation" or denied election results

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.

Google, YouTube’s parent company, will give video creators who were previously banned for violating political speech guidelines a chance to

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