Posted on 08/12/2025 5:58:25 PM PDT by Openurmind
Starting August 13, 2025, YouTube will introduce an age estimation model for U.S.-based users to identify those under 18, regardless of the birthdate provided during account creation. The initiative aims to enhance protections and deliver age-appropriate experiences for teenage users, including enabling digital wellbeing tools and displaying only non-personalized ads. This move builds on YouTube’s existing safeguards for teens and leverages advanced technology already in use in other markets.
The age estimation model will analyze various signals, such as a user’s YouTube activity and account longevity, to determine if they are under 18. Users identified as minors will receive a notification and can verify their age using a government ID, selfie, or credit card if they believe the estimation is inaccurate. This rollout follows successful implementations in other regions, with YouTube now gradually extending the technology to the U.S.
The new model will also impact content creators. Uploads from accounts identified as belonging to users under 18 will default to private, and these users will be restricted from earning revenue through gifts on vertical live streams. YouTube anticipates that some creators may see a shift in their audience demographics, potentially leading to reduced ad revenue due to the use of non-personalized ads for teen viewers. However, the company estimates this impact will be limited for most creators. YouTube is actively investing in new solutions to help creators grow their communities and monetize their content, with updates to audience reports in YouTube Analytics expected soon to reflect age estimations.
With age restrictions, are they going to stop blocking Prager U’s videos?
Rumble must be loving this...
I wish more would go to Rumble. The more who go there and support it the more content providers will go there.
Rumble has a “no users under age 17” restriction...I bet they have many underage users “fudging it”....all it takes is one lawsuit.
I have no Youtube or Google accounts of any kind.
I guess I will go to Rumble for videos.
“I have no Youtube or Google accounts of any kind.”
I guess I will go to Rumble for videos.
Same here, and Rumble leans heavily Conservative...
Kind of like gun related websites asking if you are 18. What kid is going to say “Dang I really wanted to see some guns but I have to click no!”?
LOL...they’ll estimate my age at 110.
Their age restrictions will be designed to keep young people away from respecting our ancestors, what they accomplished, and exerting their right to self defense.
That is funny. The problem is will they be honest with it and not abuse the tool? Like use it to “identify” Conservatives and Christians underage or not for a collected database?
Yes, but is Rumble forcing a photo ID or CREDIT CARD to prove you are old enough?
I think it will be used to keep them away from Conservative and Christian content also.
Not yet, some parental complaints/lawsuits may change that in Rumble’s case...YT only requiring ID/CC if their algorithm miss-guesses your age as “under 18”...I am waiting until Midnight to see if they are going to let me see their guess for me...I am betting that it is pretty accurate in my case.
I see this becoming mainstream on all sites. Starts with porn, now YouTube. Amazon probably next.
I bet they are. I hope this causes more content creators to switch to Rumble.
One step closer to “Social Credit Score” and “Mark Of The Beast”.
Until Rumble gets a decent search feature, I shy away from it. If I want to look up a 22lr rifle, I don’t want to sort through 50 accounts that have placed 22lr in their bio. Just give me video from newest to oldest with “22lr” in the title.
Good grief Rumble, get a search engine worth something. Almost as hard as searching on FR.
So, basically, all democrats.
“Until Rumble gets a decent search feature, I shy away from it. If I want to look up a 22lr rifle, I don’t want to sort through 50 accounts that have placed 22lr in their bio. Just give me video from newest to oldest with “22lr” in the title.”
Well it absolutely does do that... After you enter that in the front page search you will get a second page of results and in the right column “Sort By” are options to refine the results. One option rearranges them as “Most recent”.
The options are:
Relevance
Most recent
Likes (most)
Views (most)
Here are the results as “most recent” for your 22lr search. :)
https://rumble.com/search/video?q=22%20lr&sort=date§ion=sort
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