YouTube has reinstated a QAnon program popular among the conspiracy theory’s supporters

YouTube has apparently reinstated the main channel for X22 Report, a program affiliated with and popular among supporters of the harmful QAnon conspiracy theory. The apparent reinstatement of this QAnon-affiliated channel, which was removed from the platform during its October 2020 crackdown on QAnon-affiliated programs, appears to contradict the platform’s policy against such content. In October 2020, YouTube announced that it would prohibit content that “threatens or harrasses someone by suggesting they are complicit in one of these harmful conspiracies, such as QAnon or Pizzagate.” The platform simultaneously banned numerous...