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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by PragmaticPulp on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @10:23AM (#28380213)
> I never though I would see the day where internet services would do something worse than TV.

Don’t blame YouTube for this.

It’s not YouTube making the decision to require ID or credit card. They’re complying with the regulations. That’s why this restriction is only in a single regulatory region, not a global requirement.

There’s a culture war brewing around internet services with user-generated content, including YouTube. One side wants more freedom to view and share content. One side wants much more censorship of anything they don’t want to see (or, more commonly, things they don’t want other people to see). This ranges from dangerous misinformation to low-grade objectionable content like video game screen recordings.

The strangest part about this internet user-generated content war is that many people have taken both sides because they just like to hate big tech platforms.

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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by BiteCode_dev on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @10:26AM (#28380259)
But the censorship is global. I see it in France, even if there is no legal reason for it. I've seen plenty of male dicks or female breast on old french movies as a kid, it was not considered immoral.

Also I don't recall my TV requesting my credit card to watch content as a kid.

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Re:YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify t... by Mindwipe on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @12:13PM (#28381740)
The EU is where the legal requirement is.

YouTube isn't asking for this in other territories.

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