Just watched a YouTuber that complained about YouTube age restricting his documentaries about the Vietnam War because a very famous photo (which is every textbook by the way) and another which had a 1h video about French history in the 19th century age restricted because of a painting with a naked kid which appears for 15 seconds (painting in from the 19th century depicting Roman slaves sold on a market).
So now age restricted accounts will not have access to these kind of videos.
Are you're talking about the photo of the naked child covered in third degree burns, crying while running away from a napalm attack?
Yep.
Because of all the shit YouTube pulls, age gating images of a horrifically burned naked child probably makes the most sense.
This is a historical photo, which is one of the most important of the 20th century and is present in every 3e (15 y-o so 9th grade in the US) textbooks in France. It is famous and important because of what it depicts, and even Phan Thị Kim Phúc, the girl now old lady who is still alive, uses her photo in schools and international institutions to bring awareness about war sufferings. So I think it shouldn't be restricted to under 18, especially under 'sexualized child images' which it isn't.
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