Stating the obvious. Sites like mine and many of my colleagues were utterly and completely disappeared from Google, Google Adsense, Youtube etc. Even today, if you search news, it’s only left wing sites that come up.
Remember when Google removed its official slogan “Don’t be evil”? Really, they just should have dropped the “don’t.”
The admission comes by way of the indefatigable efforts of the House Judiciary Committee and Chairman Jim Jordan: Google commits to offer all creators previously kicked off YouTube due to political speech violations on topics such as COVID-19 and elections an opportunity to return to the platform. Google also admitted the following to the House Judiciary Committee:
1. The Biden Administration pressured Google to censor Americans and remove content that did not violate YouTube’s policies.
2. The Biden Administration censorship pressure was “unacceptable and wrong.”
3. Public debate should never come at the expense of relying “authorities.”
4. The company will never use third-party “fact-checkers.”
5. Europe’s censorship laws target American companies and threaten American speech, including the removal of “lawful content.”
These major admissions come after Chairman Jordan’s subpoena to Google and a years long investigation into the company (Judiciary).
Well done! https://t.co/8wPUqjzXxu
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 23, 2025
Chairman Jordan summarizes the Big Tech censorship efforts from the Biden era in a long thread—including the speech-muzzling from Google, Facebook and YouTube: All the above are MASSIVE wins for the American people, the First Amendment, and freedom. We won’t stop fighting to protect free speech (Jordan).
🚨BREAKING: Due to our oversight efforts, GOOGLE commits to offer ALL creators previously kicked off YouTube due to political speech violations to return to the platform.
BUT THAT’S NOT ALL.
Thread: pic.twitter.com/60SsoCK2Yk
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) September 23, 2025
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
Over the past few years, we have uncovered massive scandals relating to Big Tech censorship. https://t.co/aUgWllkPUv
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) September 23, 2025
During the Biden-Harris years, under White House pressure, YouTube changed its policies to censor political debate on COVID and elections.
TODAY, YouTube admits that the censorship pressure from Biden Admin was “unacceptable and wrong.” pic.twitter.com/dGfJK0T0oD
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) September 23, 2025
Now, to make amends to the American people, and because of our work, YouTube is rolling back its censorship policies on political speech, including topics such as COVID and elections. pic.twitter.com/ni42Ze9dR4
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) September 23, 2025
What does that mean?
Whether you were an established YouTube presence with a massive following like @dbongino or just were starting out to express political views there, YOU will have an opportunity to come back onto the platform if you were censored for engaging in political… pic.twitter.com/BLYwyqDQtX
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) September 23, 2025
This is another victory in the fight against censorship.
In Aug 2024, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote the Committee a letter admitting:
1. Biden Admin “pressured” Facebook to censor Americans.
2. Facebook censored Americans.
3. Facebook throttled the Hunter Biden laptop story.…— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) September 23, 2025
Even as Meta admitted the Biden-Harris censorship was wrong, others in Big Tech were reluctant to go on the record.
Now Google is acknowledging, for the first time, that it too faced censorship pressure from the Biden White House and that pressure was “unacceptable and wrong.” pic.twitter.com/KsZjtHIKvP
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) September 23, 2025
But that’s not all. YouTube is making changes to its platform to prevent future censorship.
YouTube is committing to the American people that it will NEVER use outside so-called “fact-checkers” to censor speech.
No more telling Americans what to believe and not believe. pic.twitter.com/MFIk0NIAiV
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) September 23, 2025
YouTube also is trying out Community Notes.@elonmusk was ahead of the curve.
Meta followed suit.
And now YouTube. pic.twitter.com/1IHDqOKREY
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) September 23, 2025
And YouTube confirms that Europe is targeting American speech and innovation.
Here it admits that European social-media laws place a “disproportionate regulatory burden on American companies.” pic.twitter.com/bbuVnVseqJ
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) September 23, 2025
YouTube warns that Europe could force companies to remove LAWFUL social-media content and could risk freedom of expression “within and OUTSIDE of the EU.”
That’s right. Europe wants to censor your online speech even if you aren’t in Europe! pic.twitter.com/aRBvErnQ61
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) September 23, 2025
Google and YouTube credit @JudiciaryGOP for bringing transparency of and accountability for Big Tech’s censorship.
We will continue to hold Big Tech accountable. pic.twitter.com/lJiEalQZeE
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) September 23, 2025
Read GOOGLE’s whole letter to the Committee here: https://t.co/Y6klQ7pNzw
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) September 23, 2025
All the above are MASSIVE wins for the American people, the First Amendment, and freedom.
We won’t stop fighting to protect free speech.
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) September 23, 2025
Amen.
Article posted with permission from Pamela Geller
