Google Says Users Removed Over COVID-19 Views Can Rejoin YouTube

The company also said it has not and will not employ so-called fact-checkers.

Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai in Washington on Sept. 4, 2025. Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images

YouTube creators who were removed over their views concerning COVID-19 or the 2020 election can rejoin the service, Google and its parent company, Alphabet, said in a Sept. 23 letter.

Rules in place prohibiting some discussion of COVID-19 and the election were lifted in 2023 or 2024, Google said through its lawyers.