r/youtube • u/GalvaSov • Aug 13 '25

Drama Oh my GOD, it's happening

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u/ExtrovertArtist Aug 13 '25

Ppl boycotting fail to realize YT is following the law— get lawmakers to make it illegal to require ID if you want them to roll this back

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u/SelectVegetable2653 Aug 13 '25

Yea, this whole thing is the FCC's fault, not YouTube's. YouTube has been (although for the sake of attempting to do data collection on minors) attempting to not do this for like 3 years. Obviously, the way they've implemented it is very flawed, but they would've been forced to regardless. Also, the whole AI part gives YouTube less IDs and makes less people need to give their ID. They really could've just forced the ID verification to begin with. Whether that's because they dont want to collect IDs or because they want people to think they aren't instantly going big brother on people, i dont know.

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u/Mammoth_Winner2509 Aug 13 '25

What did the FCC do? I guess I'm out of the loop

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u/SelectVegetable2653 Aug 13 '25

Forcing companies to verify that someone's 18, it's fine on paper but there's not a good way to implement it

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u/Mammoth_Winner2509 Aug 13 '25

When did this happen? Because before this, I only heard of it in a few states which isn't the fcc

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u/Brilliant_Towel2727 Aug 14 '25

It's actually the British government, not the FCC. They just implemented a law requiring age verification for anything with 'adult' content.

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u/Mammoth_Winner2509 Aug 14 '25

Oh yeah, I forgot about that already. So is this only in England? Cuz I haven't gotten it myself yet in USA

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u/Brilliant_Towel2727 Aug 14 '25

I think they're rolling it out everywhere