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About 2 million adults in the UK don't have government-issued photo ID. Certainly many 16-17 year olds will have trouble verifying their age. They're blocking h
by big85 3mo ago
About 2 million adults in the UK don't have government-issued photo ID. Certainly many 16-17 year olds will have trouble verifying their age. They're blocking huge sectors of the UK population from being able to use the internet normally.
- ilovecake1984 3mo agoNobody needs to use social media though. Really they should just torch the lot.
- hactually 3mo agoyou don't use YouTube?
- rolymath 3mo agoThe world was fine before youtube, it's not the end of the world. It's full of fake education who won't take responsibility by claiming they're "just entertainment". Realistically, the kids will find their way around the ban.
- ilovecake1984 3mo agoI use YouTube, but only watch stuff I SEARCH for or from people I have subscribed to. No watch next BS. If you have self control you can avoid the social media element of it. YouTube demonetisation tends to act as a reasonable steward on the platform, but it does need to be strengthened. I.e. make YouTube responsible as the publisher for any video with over 100k views. This would be totally doable.
- womble2 3mo agoDoesn't matter, if this goes through as is you will have to submit photo-id and/or facial scans linking you to a google account in order to watch any youtube other than the kids section.
- inigyou 3mo agoNobody needs to. It's an addictive cancer just like TikTok.
- IshKebab 3mo agoIt's not. Tiktok is pure time wasting fluff definitely, but YouTube is a mix of that and genuinely great content. Go and watch 3blue1brown and then tell me it's addictive cancer.
- rimeice 3mo agoUse *social media normally. Social media != The Internet. They’ll be able to use 99.9999% of the internet just fine.
- rahimnathwani 3mo agoYouTube is part of the ban.
- em-bee 3mo agoso nobody can watch youtube without an account? that's going to go down well...