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Google Canada starts using account activity to estimate your age (mobilesyrup.com)
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Google is rolling out its age assurance technology that uses AI in Canada.

Essentially, the technology uses machine learning to interpret “a variety of signals already associated with the users account, such as the types of information a user has searched for or the categories of videos they’ve watched on YouTube,” in order to determine a user’s age.

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[-] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 16 hours ago

Agree. At least YouTube allows capitalist-hostile small creators a voice; otherwise they'd be relegated to 7-minute segments of RT TV.

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