Google admits to censorship pushed by Biden administration and invites back banned users
By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times - Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Those who saw their YouTube videos and other content banned during COVID-19 and the 2020 election were invited back to the platform Tuesday in an astonishing mea culpa from the company that blamed their censorship on Biden administration pressure tactics.
Alphabet Inc., the company that operates Google and YouTube, wrote in a letter Tuesday to Congress that they were forced into removing content by Mr. Biden and his senior aides.
“It is unacceptable and wrong when any government, including the Biden administration, attempts to dictate how the company moderates content,” Alphabet’s lawyers wrote to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan. “And the company has consistently fought against those efforts on First Amendment grounds.”
Company officials acknowledged they had gone too far in banning content related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 presidential election results.
Their censorship came mostly in response to senior Biden administration officials who repeatedly pressured them to take down content even though the material did not violate the company’s policies.
Company officials said Biden administration aides and President Biden “created a political atmosphere that sought to influence the actions of platforms based on their concerns regarding misinformation.”
Google also admitted to relying on “health authorities” when it initiated policies, kept in place through 2024, that banned certain discussions of COVID-19 policies and various treatments for the virus.
Those actions, Alphabet officials said in a letter to Mr. Jordan from their law firm, were “well-intentioned,” but they added, “The Company recognizes it should never come at the expense of public debate on these important issues.”
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READ MORE: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/23/google-admits-censorship-pushed-biden-administration-invites-back/
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Those actions, Alphabet officials said in a letter to Mr. Jordan from their law firm, were “well-intentioned,” but they added, “The Company recognizes it should never come at the expense of public debate on these important issues.”
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