YouTube will start on Wednesday to test the new age identification system in the United States depends on artificial intelligence to distinguish between adults and minors, based on the types of videos they are watching.
The tests will not initially affect the fragment of YouTube audiences in the United States, but it will be likely to become more prevalent if the system is also working in guessing the ages of viewers as is the case in other parts of the world. The system will only work when viewers are registered to their accounts, and will perform its age assessments regardless of the date of birth that the user may have entered upon registration.
If the system comments on a registered symptom as less than 18 years old, YouTube will impose control and regular restrictions that the site is already used as a way to prevent the palace from watching videos and participating in another behavior that is not suitable for this age.
The guarantees include Remembrance of taking a break from the screen, privacy warnings and restrictions on video recommendations. YouTube, which has been owned by Google for nearly 20 years, also does not show ads designed on individual tastes if the viewer is less than 18 years old.
If the system was inaccurately summoned to the viewer as a minor, the error can be corrected by showing an identity card issued by the government, credit card or personal copy.
YouTube was one of the first platforms that offer specially designed experiences for young people, and we are proud to be at the forefront of providing technology that allows us to provide safety protection with preservation He wrote in a blog post About the age determination system.
People are still able to watch YouTube videos without logging in an account, but watching this way leads to an automatic block on some content without proving age.
Political pressure on web sites has been built to do better to verify ages to protect children from inappropriate content since late June when The US Supreme Court supported the Texas Law It aims to prevent the palace from watching online pornography.
Although some services, such as YouTube, were intensifying its efforts to verify the ages of users, others claimed that responsibility should be primarily on the main smartphone stores managed by Apple and Google – a position that these two technological powers resisted.
Some digital rights groups, such as the Electronic Border Foundation and the Democracy Center & Technology has sparked fears that age verification can violate personal privacy and violate the protection of the first amendment to freedom of expression.