YouTube on Friday said it would restore former President Donald Trump’s channel, more than two years after suspending it following the Januar

YouTube restores Donald Trump’s channel

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2023-03-17 14:30:09

YouTube on Friday said it would restore former President Donald Trump’s channel, more than two years after suspending it following the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

The move follows similar actions by Twitter and Facebook-parent Meta in recent months, although Trump has yet to resume posting on those platforms. It also comes after Trump announced last fall that he would run for president again in 2024.

“We carefully evaluated the continued risk of real-world violence, while balancing the chance for voters to hear equally from major national candidates in the run up to an election,” YouTube said in a tweet Friday.

YouTube initially suspended Trump’s channel after the Capitol riot, saying a video on the channel had violated its policy against inciting violence. Since then, Trump’s account has been blocked from uploading new videos or livestreams. YouTube had also disabled comments underneath videos on Trump’s channel, which also appear to have been restored on Friday.

While YouTube was never Trump’s top social platform, the reactivation of his channel will restore his access to the massive video streaming platform, where his account has more than 2.6 million subscribers.

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