YouTube's Age-Estimation Tech Will Spot Kids Pretending to Be Adults. Here's How It Works

Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the Internet river for quite a while, including stints at MSNBC.com, MSN, Bing, MoneyTalksNews, Tipico and more. He admits to being somewhat fascinated by the Cambridge coffee webcam back in the Roaring '90s.

If kids are lying about their age, YouTube will know about it. Or at least will try to find out.

The streaming service announced Tuesday it's rolling out age-estimation technology that will use various data to determine if someone is under the age of 18, and then use that signal "to deliver our age-appropriate product experiences and protections." Basically -- assuming it works as it should -- kids will not be able to access what YouTube deems as age-restricted content.

Google, YouTube's parent company, announced in February that it ...