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YouTube to impose AI-powered age verification

YouTube to impose AI-powered age verification

Mark Frauenfelder
Aug 13, 2025
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That one comedy sketch about AI enshittification really is evergreen, isn't it? As yet another domino in the sweeping wave of Internet censorship crackdowns spurred on by pearl-clutching activist groups worried about imaginary children at the expense of literally everybody else, YouTube is apparently just handing its mode…

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