Last month, Alphabet told the House Judiciary Committee that it would allow some creators who were banned from YouTube for spreading COVID-19 and election-related misinformation to come back to the platform. Now, the company is outlining how that process will work, though it’s not clear exactly who will be provided that opportunity,
YouTube says that beginning today it will give “some previously terminated creators” the ability to “request” a fresh channel in an effort the company is characterizing as a bid for “second chances” on the platform. The update doesn’t reference its COVID-19 or election misinformation policies, which had come under fire from House Republicans. Instead, YouTube says that the
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