google to stop deleting false election 2020 claims

YouTube and other social media platforms have faced intense pressure since the 2016 elections to safeguard against political misinformation. The Google-owned platform says the new policy is being put into place because of today’s changed landscape. YouTube will stop removing videos with false claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election, the social media platform announced on Friday. The election fraud policy was enacted in December 2020 and led to the deletion of a video posted by Donald Trump on 6 January 2021 telling protesters to leave the US Capitol. That video fell afoul because Trump also repeated his false claims of widespread fraud. Is YouTube starting to allow freedom of speech ?