YouTube issued a statement Friday reversing a policy that had for more than two years all but silenced debate on the video platform regarding the integrity of the 2020 election.
In December 2020, following the certification of the presidential election results by enough states to ensure that Joe Biden was declared the winner, YouTube banned most claims of irregularities in the election, including claims of fraud or simple human or machine error, Axios reported.
YouTube said it had removed “tens of thousands” of videos from its platform since enacting the policy.

The company promised additional information in the f …