I used to know a lot of developmentally disabled adults whose viewing habits would be indistinguishable from a ten-year-olds. Wonder how long before a disability challenge comes out; I don't know what Canada's disability laws are, but this would attract the interest of an enterprising lawyer under the US's ADA.

I also wonder if this wouldn't just encourage kids to start mixing adult content into their feeds, which would kinda be a perverse outcome for a law designed to protect children.

I mean, that's hypothetically less invasive than requiring your photo ID, and it's exactly what people have been asking for for stuff like Steam being required to identify a user's age. If the account itself is over 18 years old, the user is. If it had an attached debit card, you can probably assume it's an adult. Etc.

So on one hand, eww privacy. On the other, it's info they already have on you and better than forcing ID.

I really wish there was a good alternative to youtube that more creators used. Peertube would be amazing but a lot of creators I follow with a little ad blocking do not share to peertube.

🤦‍♀️🤮

But why?

I thought they already did all of this.

Because just fuck false negatives and false positives, right?

This is a step too far. What will they announce next?

Google Canada starts using account activity to estimate your income

Google Canada starts using account activity to estimate your location

Google Canada starts using account activity to estimate your interests

Is there no one that can stop Google Canada? Are they in the room with us now?