YouTube will soon let creators back on the platform who were previously banned over now-retired content policies — including those prohibiting misinformation about the 2020 U.S. presidential election and COVID-19 . A lawyer for Alphabet, in disclosing the move, said the Biden administration had pressured the internet company to crack down on YouTube content with information government officials at the time felt was misinformation about COVID.

The news was included in a “statement of facts” from Alphabet, the parent of YouTube and Google, sent in response to subpoenas issued to the company by the House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).

The letter sent to the committee , dated Sept. 23, was signed by King & Spalding partner Daniel Donovan, a lawyer representi

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