Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor On Dec. 9, 2020, YouTube enacted a ban on videos that falsely claimed then-President Trump won the U.S.
presidential election. Since then, according to the platform, it has removed “tens of thousands” of videos that violated the policy.
As of June 2, 2023, YouTube has reversed that decision: The video giant announced that it “will stop removing content that advances false claims that widespread fraud, errors or glitches occurred in the 2020 and other past U.S.
Presidential elections.” Why is YouTube making this change? The Google-owned service, in an unsigned blog post Friday, tried to explain it this way: “In the current environment, we find that while removing this content does curb some misinformation, it could also have the unintended effect of curtailing political speech without meaningfully reducing the risk of violence or other real-world harm.” YouTube also noted, “As with any update to our policies, we carefully deliberated this change.” Trump — who continues to falsely claim he won the 2020 election — is seeking the Republican nomination for the 2024 U.S.
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