YouTube creators banned for COVID-19, election-related misinformation can now apply for reinstatement

Google-owned YouTube announced on Tuesday that it will soon allow previously banned creators to apply for reinstatement. Alphabet lawyer Daniel Donovan sent a letter to House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, stating that the change affects channels that were banned for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 or the election.

The announcement was included in a ‘statement of facts’ from Alphabet in response to subpoenas issued to the company and its subsidiary YouTube by the House Judiciary Committee. The letter to the committee, dated September…