In this articleGOOGL your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTPeople walk past a billboard advertisement for YouTube in Berlin, Germany, on Sept.
27, 2019.Sean Gallup | Getty ImagesYouTube is offering creators who were banned from the platform a second chance.On Thursday, the Google-owned platform announced it is rolling out a feature for previously terminated creators to apply to create a new channel.
Previous rules led to a lifetime ban."We know many terminated creators deserve a second chance," wrote the YouTube Team in a blog post.
"We're looking forward to viding an opportunity for creators to start fresh and bring their voice back to the platform." companies have faced months of scrutiny from House Republicans and President Donald Trump, who have accused the platforms of political bias and overreach in content moderation.Last week, YouTube agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit involving the suspension of Trump's account ing the U.S.
Capitol riots on Jan. 6, 2021.YouTube said this new option is separate from its already existing appeals cess.
If an appeal is unsuccessful, creators now have the option to apply for a new channel.Apved creators under the new cess will start from scratch, with no prior s, rs or monetization privileges carried over.Read more CNBC news'Focus on value creation; the stock market will settle itself,' says Snowflake CEO amid bubble fearsGoogle adds limits to 'Work from Anywhere' policy that began during CovidAMD's deal with OpenAI gives Nvidia much-needed challenger in a market it dominatesAmazon launches prescription vending machines at One Medical clinics in Los AngelesOver the next several weeks, eligible creators logging into YouTube Studio will see an option to request a new channel.
Creators are only eligible to apply one year after their original channel was terminated.YouTube said it will review requests based on the severity and frequency of past violations.The company also said it will consider off-platform behavior that could harm the community, such as activity endangering child safety.The gram excludes creators terminated for copyright infringement, violations of its Creator Responsibility policy or those who deleted their accounts.YouTube's 'second chance' cess fits with a broader trend at Google and other major platforms to ease strict content moderation rules imposed in the wake of the pandemic and the 2020 election.In September, Alphabet lawyer Daniel Donovan sent a letter to House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, that announced the platform had made changes to its community guidelines for content containing Covid-19 or election-related misinformation.The letter also claimed that senior Biden administration officials pressed the company to remove certain Covid-related s, saying the pressure was "unacceptable and wrong."YouTube its stand-alone Covid misinformation rules in December 2024, according to Donovan's letter.watch now9:1009:10Rep.
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