‘Unacceptable And Wrong’: Google Admits Caving To Censorship Pressure From Biden Admin

Google has committed to allowing all creators who were kicked off YouTube — over so-called political speech “violations” — the chance to return to the platform. And according to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, “THAT’S NOT ALL.”

The tech giant sent a letter to Jordan and the Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, but the letter also included several statements from YouTube, admitting, among other things, to pressure from the former President Joe Biden’s administration to censor certain political statements.

Jordan shared screenshots of the letter via X, along with a lengthy thread detailing both the contents of the letter and the Judiciary Committee’s efforts to expose and put a stop to social media censorship.

YouTube also:

-Admits the Biden Admin censorship pressure was “unacceptable and wrong”

-Confirms that the Biden Admin wanted Americans censored for speech that did not violate YouTube’s policies

-Details when YouTube began rolling back its censorship policies on political…

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

Jordan highlighted the key points addressed in the letter:

• Admits the Biden Admin censorship pressure was “unacceptable and wrong”
• Confirms that the Biden Admin wanted Americans censored for speech that did not violate YouTube’s policies
• Details when YouTube began rolling back its censorship policies on political speech after @JudiciaryGOP began its investigation
• States that public debate should NEVER come at the expense of relying on “authorities”
• Promises to NEVER use third-party “fact-checkers”
• Warns that Europe’s censorship laws target AMERICAN companies and threaten AMERICAN speech

Throughout the thread, Jordan continued to note what Google and YouTube were promising to do to make changes, including stepping away from third-party “fact checkers” and adopting a “Community Notes” model, similar to the one implemented first by X and later by Meta.

He spent a considerable amount of time warning Americans that European authorities were moving to restrict the speech of Americans — even when they were not in Europe — and that European social media regulations were designed to impose a “disproportionate regulatory burden on American companies.”

Stating that the Judiciary Committee would continue in those efforts, he added, “All the above are MASSIVE wins for the American people, the First Amendment, and freedom. We won’t stop fighting to protect free speech.”