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YouTube Announces It Will Censor Content Questioning 2020 Election Outcome

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Tim Pearce
YouTube Announces It Will Censor Content Questioning 2020 Election Outcome
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The popular video platform YouTube will start removing any video uploads posted on Wednesday or later that question the outcome of the 2020 election based on claims of “widespread fraud or errors.”

YouTube announced its updated policy on Wednesday morning on its blog. The platform said that any video containing assertions that the 2020 election outcome was changed by “widespread fraud or errors” would get booted from the site unless “sufficient” context is provided.

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