In a move to reinforce the use Google is asking YouTube users to verify their age as part of its video platform. The request appears when the company suspects that the person may not be old enough to manage their own account.
As a backdrop to this reinforcement of its usage policies, we can mention the serious problems that occurred in the United States, with the right to a heavy fine that the company received in 2019. At the time, the penalty caused Google to start a process of changes on content aimed at children on YouTube and the data of underage users. The collection of information on videos made for children was limited “only to what is necessary to support the operation of the service,” according to the company. Since then, other steps have been taken, such as a control system from parents to children, recently announced, in which a guardian links their ward's account to their own to configure some aspects of content.
If there is any suspicion about the age, Google will ask for confirmation.
About the verification that users have found on YouTube, there is information in their support page about the need for an update for accounts to meet the age restriction. The post indicates that if there is suspicion that the user may not have old enough to manage your own account, you will have 14 days to set up supervision. You can have detailed information about this setting accessing here.
There is also the option for the person to confirm that they are old enough to manage their account. In this case, the user can use an official ID to confirm, or use a credit card.
You'll need to upload an electronic copy of a valid government-issued ID that shows your date of birth. Google says most requests are reviewed within 24 hours, and the copy will be deleted once your date of birth has been validated.
For the credit card age verification option, the person's account authorizes a small amount to verify that the card and account are valid. The amount is not actually charged and the authorization usually disappears within the next few days.
Google also states that there is a dedicated upload site for submitting documents and that it never asks people to send these details and data by email (this is important to be aware of scams). Among the company's goals is to ensure that users' viewing and browsing history on YouTube is not used for advertising, a practice that is illegal for minors in much of the world. In Europe, child protection legislation (part of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive) European Union) is forcing users to verify their age, possibly to better protect minors from inappropriate or violent content.
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