YouTube's AI Moderator Pulls Windows 11 Workaround Videos, Calls Them Dangerous (theregister.com) 51
An anonymous reader shares a report: Is installing Windows 11 with a local account or on unsupported hardware harmful or dangerous? YouTube's AI moderation system seems to think so, as it has started pulling videos that show users how to sidestep Microsoft's setup restrictions.
Tech YouTuber Rich White, aka CyberCPU Tech, was the first to go public about the issue on October 26, when he posted a video reporting the removal of a how-to he published on installing Windows 11 25H2 with a local account instead of a Microsoft account. In the video, White expressed concern that YouTube's automated flagging process may be the root of the problem, as he found it hard to believe that "creating a local account in Windows 11 could lead to serious harm or even death," as YouTube reportedly alleged when it removed the video.
When he appealed, White said that YouTube denied the request within 10 to 20 minutes, early on a Sunday morning, which led him to speculate that there wasn't a human in the loop when the request was shut down. That wasn't his only video removed, either. The next day, White uploaded his video for this week on installing Windows 11 25H2 on unsupported hardware, which was removed hours after being posted. YouTube justified the removal on similar grounds. [...] At least two other YouTubers - Britec09 and Hrutkay Mods - have released videos alleging much of the same.
Tech YouTuber Rich White, aka CyberCPU Tech, was the first to go public about the issue on October 26, when he posted a video reporting the removal of a how-to he published on installing Windows 11 25H2 with a local account instead of a Microsoft account. In the video, White expressed concern that YouTube's automated flagging process may be the root of the problem, as he found it hard to believe that "creating a local account in Windows 11 could lead to serious harm or even death," as YouTube reportedly alleged when it removed the video.
When he appealed, White said that YouTube denied the request within 10 to 20 minutes, early on a Sunday morning, which led him to speculate that there wasn't a human in the loop when the request was shut down. That wasn't his only video removed, either. The next day, White uploaded his video for this week on installing Windows 11 25H2 on unsupported hardware, which was removed hours after being posted. YouTube justified the removal on similar grounds. [...] At least two other YouTubers - Britec09 and Hrutkay Mods - have released videos alleging much of the same.
Google has a vested interest (Score:5, Interesting)
Everything is coming together, you will only be able to run approved apps on approved hardware, and your account will be linked to your ID as well. No piracy, No ad blocking, No Disobeying the AI.
Slashdot is in on the act after getting rid of true AC posting too.
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Slashdot is in on the act after getting rid of true AC posting too.
Slashdot should have been in on this act from the beginning. AC posting has been nothing more than giving people an excuse to be the absolute fuckwits they want to be without repercussions in a way that didn't remotely justify the benefits of the occasional comment every few months spilling some inside scoop. Anonymous on the internet is just fosters a cesspool of shit, sadly we've demonstrated ourselves not to be trusted.
That said Slashdot isn't in on forcing users to make an account, you can see that if y
Re: Google has a vested interest (Score:5, Interesting)
I just made a post on the Washington Post the other day and said something unflattering about Trump. Pretty tame really, and it was censored. I had to put wierd punctuation and spaces into it to get by their now extremely authoritarian AI filter. The state doesn't want free speech, an WaPo is implementing the policy. I cancelled my account immediately. Fuck Bezoz and Trump violently up the ass.
I much prefer this.
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Installing Windows of any kind is a security risk that can lead to death, on this much I agree with the AI. I still believe anyo e should be allowed to do it though.
I am 100% pro Israel, against Islam, against Hamas, there is no such thing as Palestine. People should be able to fuck whoever, if it is consenting adults.
Government power is evil in itself. Taxes are theft, laissez faire capitalism is the best economic system for long term benefits.
Climate change is real. Immigration is fine as long as there a
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Now, tell us what you *really* think!
You may have proved we don't need anon, but again, it's tied to the mod point system, so, possibly different reasons for having anon vs the general internet. Anyways, I support your ability to express your self rather freely, at least we still have that, here.
Even if I disagree with your manifesto... which, incidentally, I don't disagree with most of it, but that's not the point.
Culture has changed (Score:2)
There is a certain culture here, anon posting is part of it
And were it 1999 I would agree with you. But the culture has changed. The internet is now more full of arseholes than every. More full of paid trolls and bots than ever. More full of truly worthless content. More importantly Slashdot has changed. Back when AC posting was able to be done anonymously, and back in a time when Slashdot was a free speech haven which didn't remove content I would have made more sense.
But we're not there anymore. You now need an account to post AC. New accounts signups are gated i
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Hasn't remotely demonstrated a reduction in absolute fuckwits. But maybe if you propose scanning IDs and selfies that will finally do it?
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That's strange. I've seen plenty of anonymous coward posts in the last week. Wonder how they got in. Most of them were not moderate up but some were.
Login still req'd to post AC (Score:1)
Until a few years ago, you didn't have to sign in to post as Anonymous Coward.
Now, you at least have to go through the trouble of creating a throwaway account if you want to do a drive-by post.
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That's strange. I've seen plenty of anonymous coward posts in the last week. Wonder how they got in. Most of them were not moderate up but some were.
You need to have an account to post anonymously. Go ahead try it, log out and see how far you get with the anonymous post.
100% of Anonymous shitposting here is existing worthless arseholes on Slashdot who don't are too chickenshit to stand behind their own opinion. Now if you don't want to stand behind your opinion, why bother allowing it to be published?
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100% of Anonymous shitposting here is existing worthless arseholes on Slashdot who don't are too chickenshit to stand behind their own opinion. Now if you don't want to stand behind your opinion, why bother allowing it to be published?
You've been here long enough to know what mod points are.
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That said Slashdot isn't in on forcing users to make an account, you can see that if you click on the sign-up button and try and make one. See how far you get. We're a closed club now and have been for a couple of years now.
WHOA! How did I not know that!?!??! That's WILD!
Re: Google has a vested interest (Score:2)
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It will be M$ lodging a formal complaint with Google under health and safety reasons. M$ won't have to explain themselves though, just the claim of health and safety automatically trumps everything else. It's the routine procedure for punishment in corporate industrial environments.
Typical. (Score:5, Interesting)
Stay classy, Google.
Danger, indeed. (Score:3)
>"Is installing Windows 11 with a local account or on unsupported hardware harmful or dangerous?"
Installing MS-Windows is dangerous.
Having a local user for it is not.
Using it with so-called "unsupported hardware" is also not.
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Doesn't go far enough. (Score:2)
Let me fix that for you...
Is installing Windows 11 harmful or dangerous?
Just pull all Windows 11 installation videos -- only way to be sure.
Re:Doesn't go far enough. (Score:5, Interesting)
To me it seems like this is an action by multiple M$ bots doing mass-reporting of the videos with similar rule violations causing the videos to be taken down. Microsoft has the capacity for such things and since the AIs that Google uses to run YouTube are dumb as a brick and trusts statistical evidence even though it's false they take down the videos.
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Yes, pull all those Windows videos and replace them with Linux installation videos, it's got to be safe right?
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Yes, pull all those Windows videos and replace them with Linux installation videos, it's got to be safe right?
Think of the children ... :-)
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Nah, just pull all of Windows 11.:P
Hooray for AI moderators (Score:4, Interesting)
Meanwhile YouTube is offering buyouts to their entire staff. Haven't seen it reported here, but:
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/2... [cnbc.com]
(maybe I just missed an earlier post about it, regardless the phenomena are likely related and a sign of what's to come for YouTube)
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Wow. Well, that's going to make YouTube suck less, for sure. /s
AI Moderators eh? (Score:5, Funny)
Youtube Evil (Score:2)
Film at 11.
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It the file on Youtube yet?
What, no outrage over freedumbs? (Score:2)
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> You're still gonna ego post to YouTube .... amirite?
Is it ego or people trying to make a buck and the other platforms failing to achieve a meaningful monetization mechanism?
Even Rumble, which bills itself as a platform for the deplatformed, only pays out to Paypal accounts, from which the deplatformed have been deplatformed.
It's tough to not have infinite VC money to buy warehouses full of hard drives. But subsidized platforms exist for other reasons - surveillance, now AI training, propaganda, censor
Sure glad... (Score:1)
I dumped Windows and all other MS software nearly 15 years ago. Now its just me and Linux..
Reddit leaking mods? (Score:2)
Sounds like reddit is leaking their horrible, biased mods.
Use alternate sites, simultaneously (Score:3)
The more people that do this the more business YT loses.
BitChute
DTube
Dailymotion
Odysee
PeerTube
Platform
Playeur
Rumble
SproutVideo
Storyfire
TikTok
Twitch
Vimeo
Wistia
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+1 for Odysee
They don't re-encode and mess up your uploads like YouTube and Rumble do. They have generous bit rates and file size limits.
Rumble and BitChute have quite limited file size limits as well as some of the others (not tried all listed).
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PornHub
They have some interesting math tutorials [pornhub.com](NSFW) there.
Seems that Youtube's AI Moderator is Dangerous (Score:2)
Re: Seems that Youtube's AI Moderator is Dangerous (Score:2)
Only if it comes up as a court decision.
so stupid (Score:2)
Windows? Huh? (Score:1)
I pity windows users and I'm very happy doing everything on Linux, especially gaming. In the rare occasions I have to use windows, I just find it frustrating. It's so slow and painful, I find it unbelievable there are still windows fanboys.
Now, if you want to use windows, go ahead. If you think Linux users are weirdos, go on believing it and use your crappy Spyware os.
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Re: Windows? Huh? (Score:2)
Better Watch Rob Braxman re TPM cloud interface (Score:2)
People need to stop making videos for Videos (Score:1)
Remember the good old days when people actually had web sites and just posted this stuff with text explanations and screenshots? You could read the entire thing in under five minutes. Nobody dragging simple stuff out five times longer than it needed to be to get more ads in. We need to bring back the culture of web sites and writing instead of making an unnecessarily long video out of everything.