{"id":1943296,"date":"2023-06-02T21:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T01:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-reverses-2020-election-misinformation-policy-ahead-of-2024\/"},"modified":"2023-06-02T21:02:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T01:02:30","slug":"youtube-reverses-2020-election-misinformation-policy-ahead-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-reverses-2020-election-misinformation-policy-ahead-of-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube changes election misinformation policy for 2024."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyoutube-reverses-2020-election-misinformation-policy-ahead-of-2024%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1943296&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>YouTube to Stop Removing Misinformation on Election Integrity for 2020 Election<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn the current environment, we find that while removing this content does curb some misinformation, it could also have the unintended effect of curtailing political speech without meaningfully reducing the risk of violence or other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-places-alert-on-cpac-link\/\" title=\"Twitter Places Alert On CPAC Link\">real-world harm<\/a>,\u201d YouTube&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/demi-lovato-happens-against-gender-reveal-celebrations-there-are-males-with-vaginas-and-women-with-penises\/\" title=\"Demi Lovato HAPPENS Against Gender Reveal Celebrations: \u2018There Are Males With Vaginas And Women With Penises\u2019\">blog post read<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>YouTube has announced that it will no longer enforce its election integrity misinformation policy for the 2020 election. This decision comes eight months before a Republican nominee will be named from a pool of potential candidates, including former President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), political commentator Larry Elder, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. <\/p>\n<p>The platform began enforcing its policy surrounding election integrity after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-reverses-2020-election-misinformation-policy-ahead-of-2024\/\" title=\"YouTube changes election misinformation policy for 2024.\">states\u2019 safe harbor date<\/a> for certification had passed and stopped enforcing it on Friday. YouTube&#8217;s blog post stated that &#8220;the ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-backs-down-in-a-big-way-on-2020-election-misinformation\/\" title=\"YouTube retreats on 2020 election 'misinformation' in a major way.\">openly debate political ideas<\/a>, even those that are controversial or based on disproven assumptions, is core to a functioning democratic society\u2013especially in the midst of election season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, the platform will continue to remove videos that contain themes of voter suppression, candidate eligibility, incitement to interfere with democratic processes, and distribution of hacked materials. Over the past two years, the platform claims to have removed &#8220;tens of thousands of videos&#8221; in the name of the policy.<\/p>\n<p>The election integrity policy will still apply to the 2021 German federal election and the 2014, 2018, and 2022 Brazilian presidential elections. Rival video platform Rumble tweeted, &#8220;You only move goalposts when you\u2019re losing.&#8221; <\/p>\n<h3>What Does This Mean for the 2020 Election?<\/h3>\n<p>YouTube&#8217;s decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-laud-crisis-averted-from-debt-ceiling-deal-in-first-oval-office-address\/\" title=\"Biden to laud \u2018crisis averted\u2019 from debt ceiling deal in first Oval Office address\">stop removing content<\/a> that advances false claims about the 2020 election could have a significant impact on the upcoming election. With campaigns well underway, political speech will be allowed to flow freely, even if it is based on disproven assumptions. This decision could lead to a more open and controversial election season, with candidates and their supporters expressing their opinions more freely. <\/p>\n<h3>What Will YouTube Continue to Remove?<\/h3>\n<p>While YouTube will no longer remove content related to election integrity for the 2020 election, it will continue to remove videos that contain themes of voter suppression, candidate eligibility, incitement to interfere with democratic processes, and distribution of hacked materials. This policy will still apply to other elections, including the 2021 German federal election and the 2014, 2018, and 2022 Brazilian presidential elections. <\/p>\n<h3>What Does This Mean for Political Speech?<\/h3>\n<p>YouTube&#8217;s decision to stop removing content related to election integrity for the 2020 election is a win for political speech. The ability to openly debate political ideas, even those that are controversial or based on disproven assumptions, is core to a functioning democratic society. This decision could lead to a more open and controversial election season, with candidates and their supporters expressing their opinions more freely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube will remove its election integrity misinformation policy for the 2020 election, as announced on Friday. This decision was made eight months before the Republican nominee is named, which includes Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, and Asa Hutchinson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1943297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[7380,4506,3728,4326,6562],"class_list":["post-1943296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-misinformation","tag-4506","tag-election","tag-policy","tag-youtube"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1943296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1943296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1943296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1943297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1943296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1943296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1943296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}