[scaredreally]

I received a notification this week that YouTube is unable to verify my age and so will filter certain types of content. This account is 10 years old (or more) and I watch a very specific set of content types that haven't deviated and clearly point to an adult. I assume they are rolling out the final piece of the effort to remove anonymity from the internet as nothing else has changed.

[StarryScribe]

They realized that dead internet theory poses an existential threat to their business. If more and more watch time is from bots, why would advertisers pay?