YouTube began rolling out an 'age-estimation model' in the U.S. that uses AI to restrict access to users determined to be under 18 years old.

Critics have raised concerns about privacy as well as access to the platform for users falsely flagged as underage.

Of course, YouTube doesn’t seem to be accounting for the ways this sort of AI oversight would violate their own users’ privacy in turn. According to the company, the AI bot will be fed information such as a user’s activity and the longevity of the account to make its determination.