YouTube To Delete Content That 'Undermines' 2020 US Election Results
YouTube has clarified the policy to journalist Tim Pool:
You can still say there is evidence of widespread fraud
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) December 9, 2020
You can still say Trump actually won
You cannot combine the two
What strange times we live in
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YouTube will begin removing any content they deem to be 'misleading' by alleging widespread voter fraud or errors changed the outcome of the 2020 US election, according to Bloomberg.
The Google subsidiary says it will remove videos claiming President Trump won due to counting errors or software glitches (regardless of whether they're evidence of said instances, we assume).
"Yesterday was the safe harbor deadline for the U.S. Presidential election and enough states have certified their election results to determine a President- elect," said YouTube in a statement.
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) December 9, 2020
The company says it's terminated over 8,000 channels and 'thousands of misleading elections-related videos' for violating preexisting policies. Over 77% of those were automatically removed before they had 100 views.
As Bloomberg notes, YouTube suspended news network OAN and completely demonetized their channel on November 24 over an 'unlisted' video on their channel which was not not able to be viewed publicly. They were prevented from posting new content for one week as well.
The same day, Democratic Senators asked YouTube to remove 'election misinformation.'
YouTube's reasoning for the new policy is essentially 'you are not allowed to criticize the government' pic.twitter.com/nuymLixQ9O
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) December 9, 2020
In other words:
