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.
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 personal 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.
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 personal 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 getting 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.
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 personal 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 getting 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, 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.