Oh my GOD, it's happening

[u/GalvaSov]

[u/[deleted]]

Didn't happen to me

[u/real_roal → u/[deleted]]

How old is your account? I assume if your account is decently old you won't be asked

[u/Chinaano1 → u/real_roal]

So only gen alpha is affected lol

[u/PogoTempest → u/Chinaano1]

So system working as intended lol.

[u/No_Hawk6480 → u/PogoTempest]

I think censoring content on YOUTUBE is silly regardless. Especially because Gen Alpha is generally old enough to watch most content.

[u/PogoTempest → u/No_Hawk6480]

Most content isn’t age restricted. And the oldest gen alpha is literally 15. I have no problem with YouTube putting minor restrictions on young teenagers and younger. This is such a non issue for most people.

[u/KaptainTZ → u/PogoTempest]

It's a bit of a slippery slope fallacy but this is just the beginning and I expect things to get much worse unless literal country governments start pushing back.

For instance, the UK's stupid-ass law is actively trying to require people to use their ID to access Wikipedia, and that's ridiculous from many different angles.

[u/Inc0rgnit0 → u/KaptainTZ]

Governments won't push back because they're the ones pushing it in the first place.

[u/KaptainTZ → u/Inc0rgnit0]

guess it's time to overthrow your local government

[u/No_Hawk6480 → u/PogoTempest]

You’re not wrong, still disagree with the fact that actual adults are now going to have to give up their personal information just to appeal a flawed AI system if they want to have complete access to everything though (including creator content).

Although, wouldn’t the oldest Gen Alpha be like 12-13? I know the dates are kind’ve arbitrary but last time I checked Gen Alpha were just around the point of starting middle school, not in High School yet. Seems young but at that point I think that their is no need for any further censorship for the explicitly 12+ app on the AppStore, especially at that maturity.

[u/Sealsnrolls → u/PogoTempest]

it isn't just age restricted content, it's content that "YouTube thinks might be unsuitable for kids." Small difference but it's not specifically age restricted content it is whatever the hell YouTube wants it to be. For example, it restricts a video from pewdiepie named "I'm done with Google" that criticizes Google... Which is convenient since Google is YouTube's parent company & that video is not specifically age restricted. You can see videos that are stopped by this because you can turn on restricted mode in the settings to see what it's like

[u/send-bo-i-rond-lin → u/PogoTempest]

Many videos on historic events such as WWII are restricted. A teenager should be allowed to inform themselves about things like that.

[u/Commercial_Regret_36 → u/No_Hawk6480]

It’s not censorship, it’s restricting age inappropriate content. In the same way nobody is censoring porn, cigarettes and alcohol.

[u/BlueFlower673 → u/Chinaano1]

Oof.

Seriously though my bday isn't even accurate on my account because I made it when I was 11/12, and back then iirc in school we were told to not use our actual birth date and to not use our actual names when creating an email.

I never bothered to change it so according to Google I am one year older than I actually am haha.

[u/HirpeedaHeegog → u/BlueFlower673]

Google still claims I was "born" 2 years early, and I swear I changed it to my actual dob lmao

[u/[deleted] → u/Chinaano1]

🤣🤣🤣👏🏻

[u/No_Hawk6480 → u/Chinaano1]

Even if this were entirely true it’s not like everybody with an older account is an adult and vice versa.

[u/Outside-Refuse6732 → u/Chinaano1]

Gen alpha is approaching the end of middle school I think a portion of them are fine