YouTubers who were kicked off the platform for rule violations can now request a ‘second chance’

YouTube announced on Thursday that creators whose channels were previously terminated will be able to request new accounts.

“We know many terminated creators deserve a second chance – YouTube has evolved and changed over the past 20 years, and we’ve had our share of second chances to get things right with our community too,” YouTube wrote in a blog post.

This change in policy, which YouTube is calling a “pilot,” didn’t come out of nowhere. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) had subpoenaed YouTube’s parent company, Alphabet, to…