Youtube - sign in to confirm you're not a bot

[Alvin63]

I've been getting this a lot online recently, only to find it has now happened on my own forum with embedded videos. There is nothing to actually click on to sign in! If I click to take me to youtube, where I'm already signed in I still get it. I actually have youtube videos set to not link off site so that isn't an option.

Does anyone know why this is happening? It's happening for me on all sites. Tried a private browser window, cleaning cookies - just the same.

 

[Digital Doctor]

Yes.
Youtube is getting flooded with bots.
It started for me after I forgot to use my vpn and downloaded an entire tennis youtube channel.

 

[Alvin63]

Thanks. I solved it anyway - it was our IP address. Tried rebooting first to try and get a new IP address and that sorted it. But - both IP addresses had blacklist marks! So won't be surprised if it happens again. I don't even use a vpn which apparently is one cause of it.