Overview

• The announcement appears in Alphabet’s legal response to subpoenas from the House Judiciary Committee led by Republican Jim Jordan.
• The company did not provide a timetable or detailed mechanism for restoring channels or clarifying eligibility and monetization.
• YouTube frames the move as a commitment to free expression and says it will forgo independent fact-checkers in the U.S. while testing user-added context tools.
• Alphabet warns that EU measures such as the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act could curb innovation and limit access to information depending on how they are applied.
• YouTube had already retired specific policies targeting 2020 election and Covid-19 claims, prompting concerns that previously removed content could reappear.