Biden campaign says YouTube's decision to stop removing 2020 election claims could spark violence

President Joe Biden's re-election campaign said YouTube should reverse its decision to stop removing claims about fraud during the 2020 election over concerns it could lead to "violence."

"YouTube's reckless and irresponsible decision will invite further democratic decay and potential violence, and we urge them to reconsider this policy," Biden campaign spokesperson Kevin Munoz said, Reuters reported Tuesday.

YouTube said last week it "will stop removing content that advances false claims that widespread fraud, errors, or glitches occurred in the 2020 and other past US Presidential elections."

Explaining the policy change, the video platform said: "In the current environment, we find that while removing this content does curb some misinformation, it could also have the unintended effect of curtailing political speech without meaningfully reducing the risk of violence or other real-world harm."

Munoz further commented on the issue on Twitter by invoking the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

"The spread of misinformation helped lead to an unprecedented, violent assault on our nation’s capital that killed Americans. Social media companies played a central role in broadcasting those lies, and they have an obligation to act responsibly," he tweeted.

Former President Donald Trump has said the 2020 election was filled with fraud while Munoz said the YouTube policy change "did not erase" that Biden won the election.

Madeleine Hubbard is an international correspondent for Just the News. Follow her on Twitter or Instagram.