Before anything, if they flag too many people, those people are either going to submit or they will boycott and YT is going to walk it back or go out of business.
With that said, I know we should all be skeptical, but I'm reading that post and only see 1 thing wrong with it, and I'm going to re-iterate how it works and what it does:
AI checks for:
Type of videos you're searching for
Type of content you watch
Age of the account (when it was created)
It asks: does children's content make up the majority of your time on YT and your account isn't very old?
If yes, then you're probably a child.
In which case, it takes the following actions on the account:
Disable personalized advertising
Safeguards to Recommendations (you won't get "Mature" content in your Recommendations)
Limited repeated views of some kinds of content
Turn on Digital Well-being tools
Time Watched Profile (shows you how long you've been watching videos)
Take a Break Reminders
Scheduled Notification Digests (notifications are queued and pushed all at once)
Disable Notification Sounds & Vibrations
Turn off Autoplay
Restricted Mode (filters out potentially mature content)
That last one is the one that we're all concerned about (I'm pretty sure many people don't care about the others). However, it's also important to note that "mature content" is usually dealing with death, violence, vulgur language, etc. And many channels have already censored themselves as to avoid being demonetized. <- That's important because, even if you get flagged, you're very likely still able to watch those videos (or the creators will clean up their content).
FWIW, the content I watch is DIY, true crime, documentaries, cooking, clips from TV shows, news/politics, and some sports.
I don't see anything there that would raise suspicion that I'm a child. And my account is very old.
Again, this is taking YT's word for it, so I could get flagged down the line.
And considering that it's already in effect, either the AI doesn't find something suspicious about my account or it hasn't gotten to me, yet.
In conclusion, I'm not freaking out until it at least starts being abused.
Everyone in my house uses the same account, and their ai can't figure that out. When my kids were younger, I verified all their games that required such things. It's just stupid to pretend anyone is falling for their lies as to why they're doing it.
Before anything, if they flag too many people, those people are either going to submit or they will boycott and YT is going to walk it back or go out of business.
With that said, I know we should all be skeptical, but I'm reading that post and only see 1 thing wrong with it, and I'm going to re-iterate how it works and what it does:
AI checks for:
It asks: does children's content make up the majority of your time on YT and your account isn't very old?
If yes, then you're probably a child.
In which case, it takes the following actions on the account:
That last one is the one that we're all concerned about (I'm pretty sure many people don't care about the others). However, it's also important to note that "mature content" is usually dealing with death, violence, vulgur language, etc. And many channels have already censored themselves as to avoid being demonetized. <- That's important because, even if you get flagged, you're very likely still able to watch those videos (or the creators will clean up their content).
FWIW, the content I watch is DIY, true crime, documentaries, cooking, clips from TV shows, news/politics, and some sports.
I don't see anything there that would raise suspicion that I'm a child. And my account is very old.
Again, this is taking YT's word for it, so I could get flagged down the line.
And considering that it's already in effect, either the AI doesn't find something suspicious about my account or it hasn't gotten to me, yet.
In conclusion, I'm not freaking out until it at least starts being abused.
Everyone in my house uses the same account, and their ai can't figure that out. When my kids were younger, I verified all their games that required such things. It's just stupid to pretend anyone is falling for their lies as to why they're doing it.