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Freeman [soylentnews.org] writes:

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

Google's wonderful content moderation bots are at it again. After previously doing things like including suicide instructions [arstechnica.com] in a children's video, and the whole Elsagate [wikipedia.org] 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 [youtube.com]. The creator, Kirs Straub [twitter.com], 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.

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