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YouTube Rolling Out AI Age Verification to New Batch of Users (www.androidheadlines.com)
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YouTube expands age verification to more users. Several users are reporting on Reddit seeing new restrictions being applied to their accounts.

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[–] 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I think we need to hit these companies where it hurts and stop using them until they refuse to comply with governmental age verification

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Sounds good in theory but there just isn’t anything that can hold up to the same traffic. Don’t get me wrong, I’d migrate away from YouTube in a heartbeat, but there really isn’t much that compares when it comes to the creators, and the music. All of which are “free” and easy to access with an ad blocker.

    And I’m including piracy.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Have you seen most YouTube videos? Nothing can hold up to the garbage content being pumped in by scammers and low effort "influencers" and shit like Mr beast or the Pauls or whatever is popular these days. We don't need YouTube level capacity for good content.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    But that bad content would flow over to the new platform. Just like bots and bad actors exist here on Lemmy, and wether or not you want them to be here they are.

    You can’t build for “the good content” and assume the bad won’t follow. And honestly, once you hit a certain scale it is literally impossible to weed out the bad.

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