If you are reading this message right now., your Google Account and YouTube channel is at risk.
No, this is not a hyperbole. No, this isn't me trying to fearmonger you. No, this isn't just a funny joke I'm making to hype up my own series. And no, this isn't me trying to lie to you so that you can have a reason to stop supporting Google.
This is me, being as serious as I could possibly be. If you live in these countries:
- the US
- the UK
- Switzerland
- Germany
- Italy
OR you've used your YouTube account for a month or so..
Listen up, because this is pretty important.
Now, I've mentioned these countries, since, of course, they've have implemented ID verification, where, in order to do pretty much anything on the internet now, you must give up your ID.. I've mentioned them now, for an important reason. If you live anywhere in these countries, then your Google Account isn't just at risk.. it's in complete danger. If this message is not taken seriously, you could end up losing a major amount of your data.
"So what did Google do this time to get you to try to boycott all of Google and type this entire message out, Vivi?", you might be asking, and I'm not-so-glad to answer.. Recently, and by recently, I mean on November of 2025, it was found out by people on Reddit on the r/YouTube subreddit that Google, for some reason I can't figure out, is rolling out an update to, I wish I was joking, disable accounts without IDs.
What
That's right, you didn't hear me wrong. You thought you were safe from the initial CSAM material ban wave because your Google Drive didn't contain any baby photos that could be assumed as CSAM material? Well, now that ban wave is aboutta become a ban nuke, because Google is now shutting down entire accounts if little Timmy, aka you, don't want to give up their ID. This means that if that pesky little AI detects that you're a child, you'll either lose access to YouTube's age-restricted library (if it detects you're under 18), or lose your Google Account permanently (if it detects you're under 13).
That ain't even the worst of it! Because your Google Account is tied to EVERYTHING Google related, if you were to lose your Google Account to this verification, then congratulations, because you've just lost:
- all YouTube data (videos, Shorts, playlists (both created and saved), all of your Watch Later videos, etc.)
- all search terms you made in Google Search
- Google Chrome sync data
- Gmail access (which if you've been putting Gmail emails into your account, or using Sign In with Google, means you've lost access to most of those accounts)
- all photos in Google Photos
- all documents in the Google Docs Suite
- all Google Classroom data (meaning, if this goes through, you probably won't be able to use Classroom stuff which will badly affect schools)
- all Maps data
- all Calendar data
- proper Google Meet usage
- Translate data
- Google Play and Play Services data
- and a whole lot more.
Furthermore, here's a reminder that if your Google Account goes down, they will begin blocking you from making a new one. If that account goes, there's a likely chance that ALL of your accounts will go down, regardless of whether you like it or not.
FurtherFURTHERmore, it was recently discovered that YouTube's moderation (and killing off smaller creators) is now going into MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE. Now, literally anything you do on YouTube, whether it be making a video or making a comment, can be a violation of child safety, at least in the AI's eyes. Bumped your microphone? Oops, sorry, that violates our child safety policy.
Did literally anything to piss off the AI? Nope, now your entire channel is gone. Whoops!
For those saying that boycotting won't do anything: we can't fight back within their battleground. Google has gone too far. It's about time for a reckoning.
So, now that I've got your attention, it's about time we change their minds. It's time for an exodus.
Follow the change.org link linked in this text, for more information.