YouTube reverses policy on false claims about past US elections
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YouTube said it's trying to protect the ability to "openly debate political ideas, even those that are controversial or based on disproven assumptions."
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YouTube changes policy to allow false claims about past US presidential elections
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YouTube reverses policy on false claims about past US elections
YouTube will stop removing content that falsely claims the 2020 election or other past U.S. presidential elections were marred by ''widespread fraud, errors or glitches," the platform announced Friday.
YouTube said Friday it will stop removing content that falsely claims the 2020 election or other past U.S. presidential elections were marred by “widespread fraud, errors or glitches.”
YouTube on Friday said it will no longer remove content featuring false claims that the 2020 US presidential election was stolen, reversing a policy instituted more than two years ago amid a wave of misinformation about the election.
YouTube will no longer remove content that promotes false claims about U.S. elections—a tacit admission that the platform's crackdown had negative consequences for political expression.
YouTube has reversed a policy that banned any claims the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent, according to a new statement from the video platform.
YouTube will stop removing content that falsely claims the 2020 US presidential election was plagued by "fraud, errors or glitches," the platform said Friday, a decision quickly criticized by anti-misinformation…
YouTube said it's trying to protect the ability to "openly debate political ideas, even those that are controversial or based on disproven assumptions."
YouTube says it will stop removing content that falsely claims the 2020 election and other past U.S. presidential elections were marred by widespread fraud, errors or glitches.
YouTube will stop removing content that falsely claims the 2020 election or other past U.S. presidential elections were marred by “widespread fraud, errors or glitches,” the platform announced today.
