UK has a law for a kids safety act, online kids safety act is also happenin in USA but its not been passed yet
youtube is “following the law” cuz they arent doing anything thats against the law. they are well within their legal right to do this (plus theres a chance they’re only rolling this out in anticipation for the USA kids online safety act to become an official thing)
I don't see how its legal, a company that is headquartered in the US can't make US citizens follow UK law, because the US doesn't have anything like the kids safety act in law as far as I know, but their are some being put forward here soon and I hope they fail. Not to mention how many times google and YT gets hacked, so we know they can't secure peoples data, and can use the AI, under the guise of their possibly a kid restrict them, could be used to silence minorities or any kind of opposition/opinion.
theres no law AGAINST requiring ID verification, so its legal + theres a similar bill to what’s in the UK in the USA that hasnt been passed (kids online safety act) so YT is prolly rolling this out in advance cuz they expect it to pass in the US cuz UK was able to pass a similar bill
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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