Concern Over Youtube's "Big Lie" Policy

On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the undersigned organizations, we write to strongly urge YouTube to reverse the recent decision to allow false election claims about the outcome of the 2020 election on your platform and reinstate the policy that prohibits 2020 election denial content on the platform.

For years, our organizations have urged major tech platforms like YouTube to take responsibility for ensuring that their products and business processes protect civil and human rights and do not result in harm or bias against historically marginalized groups. As a prominent platform, content posted to YouTube plays a significant role in shaping public discourse, and YouTube, therefore, has a responsibility to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the content it hosts.