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YouTube Flags Horror Video as “for Kids,” Won't Let Creator Change Rating

posted by janrinok on Friday July 08 2022, @02:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the fish-are-friends,-not-food dept.

Freeman writes:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/07/youtube-flags-horror-video-as-for-kids-wont-let-creator-change-rating/

Google's wonderful content moderation bots are at it again. After previously doing things like including suicide instructions in a children's video, and the whole Elsagate problem, YouTube is now flagging a horror video as "for kids." Worst of all, this is against the creator's wishes. The video was previously flagged as for ages 18 and up, and YouTube decided it was for kids and won't let the creator restore its content rating.

The video in question is from horror series Local58TV. The creator, Kris Straub, checked his account over the weekend to find that his not-for-kids content has been spotted by YouTube's content moderation AI, and automatically marked for kids.

[Ed's Comment: AC Friendly withdrawn. You can blame you-know-who for the spamming]

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by Ox0000 on Friday July 08 2022, @03:08PM (3 children)

    by Ox0000 (5111) on Friday July 08 2022, @03:08PM (#1258901)

    Computer says no [wikipedia.org], there is no appeal! Prepare for the future.

    • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Saturday July 09 2022, @01:19AM

      by JoeMerchant (3937) on Saturday July 09 2022, @01:19AM (#1259016)

      YouTube is insanely arbitrary with their zero appeal process. I see how it is necessary due to the costs of human judgement vs the overwhelming volume of video hours posted, but on the other side they do permit human complaints about copyright violation and other unacceptable content.

      --
      Україна досі не є частиною Росії Слава Україні🌻 https://news.stanford.edu/2023/02/17/will-russia-ukraine-war-end

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 10 2022, @05:25AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 10 2022, @05:25AM (#1259374)

      You start at the superior computer. Then you appeal to the Applete computer!! Then the (supreme) quantum computer!!

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 10 2022, @09:14PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 10 2022, @09:14PM (#1259577)

        Super computer/superior court, apple computer/appellate court, quantum computer/supreme court

  • (Score: 5, Funny) by looorg on Friday July 08 2022, @03:11PM (3 children)

    by looorg (578) on Friday July 08 2022, @03:11PM (#1258903)

    Youtube knows best, don't argue. The kids have to be trained for the future horrors of adulthood.

    • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by NPC-131072 on Friday July 08 2022, @07:55PM (2 children)

      by NPC-131072 (7144) on Friday July 08 2022, @07:55PM (#1258959) Journal

      The kids have to be trained for the future horrors of adulthood.

      "Horrors" or "Republicans" as they are usually known. This is why only people on the morally and intellectually superior left should be training your children. [tampafp.com]

      • (Score: 3, Touché) by JoeMerchant on Saturday July 09 2022, @01:28AM (1 child)

        by JoeMerchant (3937) on Saturday July 09 2022, @01:28AM (#1259018)

        Do as they say, not as they do. They know what is good for you, it just isn't the same for them.

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        Україна досі не є частиною Росії Слава Україні🌻 https://news.stanford.edu/2023/02/17/will-russia-ukraine-war-end

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 09 2022, @03:28AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 09 2022, @03:28AM (#1259027)

          We're all equal, but some are more equal than others...

  • (Score: 2) by krishnoid on Friday July 08 2022, @09:24PM (1 child)

    by krishnoid (1156) on Friday July 08 2022, @09:24PM (#1258984)

    Creator and propagator of such fine media as Checkerboard Nightmare [chainsawsuit.com] and Starslip Crisis [krisstraub.com]. Warning: any cultural enrichment you experience from this content is likely entirely incidental.

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