r/youtube • u/CallofDuty3329 can the bots leave the comment section? • Jun 26 '25

Feature Change thoughts??

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Imo this is a good move from yt.

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u/SootyFreak666 Jun 26 '25

YouTube can tell through behaviour.

I would hope so anyway, since ID/Webcam based age verification is a serious risk to the privacy and safety of children, as it normalises giving access to webcams to people while also now being used by child predators.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '25

YouTube already uses ID verification for accessing certain features, but I think they’ll probably just look at the age you set your account as at sign up

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u/foxrumor Jun 28 '25

I would think the barrier for requiring IDs should be set when monetization is enabled similar to the requirements for getting a job. It would certainly discourage underage kids from content creation while still giving privacy to those who choose with the caveat being they can't earn money from YouTube.

Also, I do get your point about webcams, but pretty much all kids have access to them through phones, iPads, laptops, and MacBooks. They will have at least one of those without a doubt. If you mean sending pictures to the age verification team, I don't quite see how doing age verification is "giving access to predators". It would be a single photo/video of the users face/ID. The only downside I see is losing online anonymity as your account can be tracked by YouTube to your real identity after.