
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.
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 wr …