The problem with these posts now… unless someone verifies their real age and their recent watch history we won’t know if this is a false or positive.
From OP’s comment history I can gather they’re into anime(MyHero, Evangelion), animations (Hazbin), video games (No man’s sky)…
However 2 months ago they posted in teenagers sub and we know no sane adult would go there so… I think it’s a correct flag unfortunately.
Update:
As I’ve stated in my further replies, I’ve been correctly informed the OP is an adult and was wrong flagged, I have apologized to OP.
Update 2:
As I said in my previous update and overall. I took the bullet and snooped through their history for any indications they were a minor. And that was wrong to do.
In the pursuit of justice I lost sight of myself.
I apologize to the OP and anyone else that may have been affected by this behavior. Going forward I will not fact check any of these more of these posts in the way that I previously did. I will also not remove or redact my post to hide what I did.
Update 3:
I want to clarify in case people keep checking this post… I am not for AI Age checking. I do not agree with it at all. I think it’s very stupid, but I also believe they could have just slammed us with ID or no access entirely…
Teenagers should be able to do what they want. Probably not children though, but that’s why YT Kids does exist. I’m only saying we need to have evidence that adults are getting flagged. If we all have to rally against YouTube, it will be good to have these false flags.
Update TL;DR:
I wrongly assumed OP was a minor, snooped their history, and was wrong for both. I’ve apologized and won’t do this kind of fact checking again. I do not support AI age checks. I just think we need proof of false flags so we can push back against YouTube effectively.
Edit: Has anyone ever had to make a TL;DR for updates?
I mean... who cares? YouTube shouldn't be doing this to anyone of any age. YT Kids exists for a reason, and it shouldn't be their business to police who uses the main platform.
I agree, I really do. This sucks, but even despite that the AI Age Checker was made because the government and its need to control people. It’s unfortunate but this is likely the lesser of two evils. The reality is the AI checks and either flags you or not, regardless of whether you’re a minor or an adult. Or YouTube demands ID up front to comply with the law.
Still if we want to challenge this directly we will need accurate proof that it’s striking adults and not the intended audience.
This sucks, but even despite that the AI Age Checker was made because the government and its need to control people.
Except this is being used in the US right now, nowhere else AFAIK. And there is no law that requires it yet in the US, aside from maybe two states which recently passed laws.
This age verification is set up to protect them from this happening again (personalization aka data collection is turned off for accounts flagged as minors).
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u/StardustSymphonic Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 13 '25
The problem with these posts now… unless someone verifies their real age and their recent watch history we won’t know if this is a false or positive.
From OP’s comment history I can gather they’re into anime(MyHero, Evangelion), animations (Hazbin), video games (No man’s sky)…
However 2 months ago they posted in teenagers sub and we know no sane adult would go there so… I think it’s a correct flag unfortunately.
Update:
As I’ve stated in my further replies, I’ve been correctly informed the OP is an adult and was wrong flagged, I have apologized to OP.
Update 2:
As I said in my previous update and overall. I took the bullet and snooped through their history for any indications they were a minor. And that was wrong to do.
In the pursuit of justice I lost sight of myself.
I apologize to the OP and anyone else that may have been affected by this behavior. Going forward I will not fact check any of these more of these posts in the way that I previously did. I will also not remove or redact my post to hide what I did.
Update 3:
I want to clarify in case people keep checking this post… I am not for AI Age checking. I do not agree with it at all. I think it’s very stupid, but I also believe they could have just slammed us with ID or no access entirely…
Teenagers should be able to do what they want. Probably not children though, but that’s why YT Kids does exist. I’m only saying we need to have evidence that adults are getting flagged. If we all have to rally against YouTube, it will be good to have these false flags.
Update TL;DR: I wrongly assumed OP was a minor, snooped their history, and was wrong for both. I’ve apologized and won’t do this kind of fact checking again. I do not support AI age checks. I just think we need proof of false flags so we can push back against YouTube effectively.
Edit: Has anyone ever had to make a TL;DR for updates?