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ifeelsobad

Experienced
Aug 23, 2022
218
How can I watch the video and get past this? Every time I click play, this picture comes up and I can't see the video at all.
 

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WAITING TO DIE

TORMENTED
Sep 30, 2023
1,539
YouTube are notorious for this.
It's a heavily censored platform, and not worth bothering with.
 
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Rogue Proxy

Rogue Proxy

Enlightened
Sep 12, 2021
1,316
Have you tried refreshing the page? I've noticed that whenever there is a "problematic" video, it starts off as a blank space where the video should be. After refreshing it, the black screen reappears with the text "The following may contain suicide or self-harm topics" and the button "I understand and wish to proceed." After clicking on the button, the video plays normally. Though, I'm not sure if this applies to YouTube Shorts.
 
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Meditation guide

Meditation guide

Always was, is, and always shall be.
Jun 22, 2020
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Youtube loves videos of animals suffering and being tortured but censures these other things. It's messed up.
 
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ifeelsobad

Experienced
Aug 23, 2022
218
Have you tried refreshing the page? I've noticed that whenever there is a "problematic" video, it starts off as a blank space where the video should be. After refreshing it, the black screen reappears with the text "The following may contain suicide or self-harm topics" and the button "I understand and wish to proceed." After clicking on the button, the video plays normally. Though, I'm not sure if this applies to YouTube Shorts.
How do you refresh on the app?
 
WAITING TO DIE

WAITING TO DIE

TORMENTED
Sep 30, 2023
1,539
Youtube loves videos of animals suffering and being tortured but censures these other things. It's messed up.
What !
This is horrific.
How the hell can they get away with this ?
If I saw anything involving animal abuse it would literally traumatise me for a very long time.
I have an enormous amount of love for animals.
 
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absolutelyyou

absolutelyyou

peaceful
Jul 26, 2023
168
If you view it from your PC rather than the phone (phone browser instead of app possibly as well) it will play. Youtube is messed up right now in that they dont have an option to click through those screens while watching shorts but if viewing it normally you will see the option to click through.
 
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Rogue Proxy

Rogue Proxy

Enlightened
Sep 12, 2021
1,316
I tried it won't let me watch it at all

It just keeps telling me to get help pretty much
Sorry you weren't able to watch that video. YouTube, along with all other websites, should keep their helplines to themselves.
 
sensenmann

sensenmann

this will be the end of me
Jun 14, 2023
141
Use invidious, it works on those blocked vids, it is very slow though.

 
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ifeelsobad

Experienced
Aug 23, 2022
218
Was it a good video like did it help at all?
Use invidious, it works on those blocked vids, it is very slow though.

I just saw it it's not even that bad why did they block it?
 
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