YouTube is giving some banned creators a second chance

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00:00YouTube is giving some banned creators a second chance.

00:05YouTube will let some infamous former creators return,

00:08including those banned for COVID-19 misinformation and election disinformation.

00:13The company announced a pilot program for select previously banned users

00:17to start fresh under retired policies,

00:19amid months of pressure from Representative Jim Jordan,

00:22Republican of Ohio, over alleged censorship.

00:26YouTube even wrote Jordan a letter spelling it out.

00:28Creators banned for repeated violations of COVID-19 and election integrity policies

00:34that are no longer in effect can now reapply for a clean slate.

00:38It's a notable shift for a platform that, back in the pandemic days,

00:41was scrubbing misinformation, deleting anti-vaccine content,

00:45suspending Donald Trump's account after January 6th,

00:48and handing out strikes like candy to conspiracy theorists.

00:52But times have changed.

00:53In 2023, YouTube relaxed many moderation rules to better,

00:58reflect the new types of discussion and content online.

01:02In corporate redemption mode, it frames this as second chances,

01:06admitting it has evolved alongside creators.

01:09But don't expect a total free-for-all.

01:11Creators banned for copyright violations,

01:13harassment, or creator responsibility issues are still out of luck.

01:18Applicants must wait at least a year after a ban,

01:21and YouTube says it will weigh the severity of past offenses and ongoing risk to the community.

01:27Oh, and the timing, convenient.

01:29Just last month, YouTube agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit from Trump over his 2021 ban.

01:37Meanwhile, Alphabet's lawyers are still fighting the DOJ in an antitrust case.

01:42So yes, YouTube is opening the gates again, but this isn't a full-on amnesty.

01:46It's more like a carefully supervised reunion with a very strict bouncer at the door.