WASHINGTON — Google announced Tuesday it was going to reinstate YouTube accounts banned for posting then-controversial content related to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a letter its attorneys sent to a House panel.
Users, including FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino , White House counterterrorism chief Sebastian Gorka and “War Room” podcast host Steve Bannon, had all been permanently removed from the site in recent years.
Those channels once flagged for “repeated violations of COVID-19” and “elections integrity” policies adhered to by Google will now be “no longer in effect,” according to a letter reviewed by The Post from Alphabet’s chief counsel to the House Judiciary Committee.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai addresses the crowd during Google’s annual I/O developers conference in Mou