Google pledged Tuesday to reinstate permanently YouTube accounts banned for political speech, admitting the Biden administration pressured it to remove COVID-19 content. This shift was detailed in a document provided by a company lawyer to the House Judiciary Committee and obtained by Fox News.

Google's lawyer stated that YouTube “will provide an opportunity for all creators to rejoin the platform if the company terminates their channels for repeated violations of COVID-19 and elections integrity policies that are no longer in effect.”

Alphabet, the tech giant’s parent company, previously banned Trump administration figures Dan Bongino, Sebastian Gorka and Steve Bannon, despite promising to protect free expression.

Google's document clarified that YouTube “values conservative voices” and acknowledged their “extensive reach and important role in civic discourse.”

🚨BREAKING: Due to our oversight efforts, GOOGLE commits to offer ALL creators previously kicked off YouTube due to political speech violations to return to the platform.

BUT THAT’S NOT ALL.

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— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) September 23, 2025

The Biden administration reportedly pressured Google to remove “COVID-19 misinformation,” according to Fox News. Google's lawyer stated the company also censored content based on its own policies, which have since been reversed, independent of the administration.

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Senior Biden administration officials repeatedly pressured Alphabet regarding user-generated COVID-19 content that did not violate the company's policies. The lawyer stated that the administration “created a political atmosphere that sought to influence the actions of platforms based on their concerns regarding misinformation.”

Google's disclosures followed a multi-year Republican inquiry into Big Tech's censorship of content concerning COVID-19, the 2020 election, and Hunter Biden. Additional concerns were expressed Tuesday of new EU laws burdening American tech companies with regulations and content moderation, potentially impacting U.S. users.

YouTube's stance mirrors Meta's shift last year, which denounced pressure from the Biden administration, as documented in emails provided to the committee.

Meta dropped third-party fact-checkers, a move president Biden called “shameful.”

YouTube, which has never used external fact-checkers, stated it will not allow fact-checkers to act on or label platform content.