YouTube to Stop Taking Down Videos Making False Claims of Fraud in the 2020 US Presidential Election. The platform announced this on Friday, reports the BBC..

This move ahead of the 2024 elections is a reversal of policies introduced after the 2020 vote. The company said it removed tens of thousands of videos that questioned the integrity of past elections, but now it's time to reevaluate it.. The policy went into effect on June 2.

Since the 2016 US election, YouTube and other social media have come under intense pressure to protect against political misinformation.. Google-Owned Platform Says New Policy Goes Into Due To Changes In The Present.

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YouTube said it would continue to adjust its policy ahead of the 2024 US election, but did not provide specific details, leading to a policy change.. The company added that it will continue to comply with other election disinformation rules, such as videos containing deceptive instructions on where and how to vote..

Recall that earlier YouTube reported that it had begun testing a feature that would prevent users with an ad blocker enabled from watching videos..