YouTube is using AI to detect teenage users, regardless of the birthdate they enter. Combined with new Australian laws banning social accounts for under-16s, the platform is enforcing new limits on ads, content, and screen time for minors.
Chris and Yaniv discuss the implications for parents, creators, and platforms: is this a necessary step to protect kids? Or an overreaching attempt to regulate the internet?
They also explore the deeper debate between freedom from vs. freedom to, and what digital responsibility really looks like in 2025.
In this clip:
* Australian laws now ban kids under 16 from holding a YouTube account
* YouTube announces an algorithm update to detect underage accounts based on usage habits
* Whether these changes will actually help protecting kids
* What this means for parents, kids and creators
Clip from Reacts episode 'Microsoft Launches GitHub Spark + US Govt Bans "Woke AI", YouTube to Restrict Kids' Accounts': https://youtu.be/-QkmlVvXJwE
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