#ai verification

[jennytmiss]

If YouTube’s new AI flags you as “underage” and asks for an ID or your face, DO NOT GIVE IT TO THEM.

Uninstall the app. Close the browser. Leave a 1 star review on the App Store and/or Google Play Store. Call them if you can, and don’t email as there aren’t any humans that see those.

Let them know that this new policy unfairly targets gamers, those with autism, those who watch cartoons, etc. It was never about protecting the kids.

[wolflover33100aj]

Told you I'm not stopping

[ronjacksilver4816]

So YouTube just recently announced that beginning on August 13, AI will be rolled out into the US to verify if teens are actually underaged. This new update will detect whatever content you watch, and if you are under the age of consent, then YT will lock your account unless you can show your government ID, a selfie, or your credit card. Not only that, it will strip you of personalized ads, restrict certain channels based on your age, and many more.

This is actual BULLSHIT. Excuse my French, but I have EVERY RIGHT to say it out loud. This update has actively harmed those in Australia and the UK, and when this update comes to the US, underaged YouTubers will be at a gargantuan disadvantage. They say it’s for the protection of kids everywhere - when in reality, this new feature will wreck the foundation of several creators, including myself (I’m 15, btw, and I’m pushing 16 by this October). Even worse, they have an entire app literally called YouTube Kids, and yet they neglect it in favor of screwing over their creators. I like YouTube, but this is just repulsive; I even have a new video I’m working on, and if I upload it past Aug. 13 it’ll already be too late. With this new update is right around the corner, take my advice: STAND. YOUR. GROUND.

Go onto any social media platform and spread the word of this update and how it’ll further tarnish YouTube’s reputation. Mass download as many videos as you can. Critique them with emails at how petty and intrusive this will be. Hell, don’t even use YouTube AT ALL starting on August 13 and find any other video-watching site that lacks AI age verification. At that point, you are proving that you are not willing to bow down to big private companies cracking down on what type of people use YouTube. We choose what we want to watch, not YouTube.

Do your part and just do NOT let unnecessary censorship take control of all these social media platforms.

[mistress-of-malevolence]

my new august 13th themed pfp. y'all fuck with it or naw?

[all4umk]

IMPORTANT!!

Clippy here, is being used in protest twords the youtube ban as a form of showing how many people want it gone- the AI AGE restriction that is. Change your pfp to clippy and reblog this to let people know!!!

[obsessivelycompulsiveblog]

Tumblr made a new update on June 1st that allows others to see your comments on other peoples' posts and barely announced it.

As someone with OCD, I hate when they do this. Whether it's age-verification or suddenly making comments into a public chain, it always spikes mine and so many others anxiety.

I compulsively want to check my comments to see if I've said anything bad or obsessively check if the feature is turned off, which feels so unnecessary for such a useless feature.

The fact they hardly announced it and there aren't many details about it also sucks. Even though it is a feature you can disable, some people had it automatically enabled if you have visible likes enabled.

Apparently Tumblr also just had an update for UK and Brazil users that requires age-verification for "mature" posts to be viewed. Which of course, uses AI or an ID verification.

Privacy on Tumblr is dying and people with OCD are probably not feeling great about it.

[whispywonderland]

I encourage all people participating in the YouTube blackout to stop using YouTube for as long as they possibly can. YouTube might care about one day but they’ll care more about 2 and even more about 3. Just stay on other social media platforms for now. Maybe watch some shows or movies for long form content if you need it. Stay strong!

[diino8081]

platforms that have been asking for id verification

- youtube

- discord (uk only currently. source)

- spotify

- reddit [edit: to clarify, only on 18+ subreddits. it still asks to confirm your age with id. <-unconfirmed but likely]

do not give it to them, this is personal information that they will use against you that could very easily be leaked

if anyone knows of any more platforms included please tell me and i'll add them to the list

thank you 📎

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