diff --git a/js/services/nostrService.js b/js/services/nostrService.js
index 2a180e49..20cbe5e0 100644
--- a/js/services/nostrService.js
+++ b/js/services/nostrService.js
@@ -582,7 +582,11 @@ export class NostrService {
 
     const viewerIsAuthor = this.isViewerVideoAuthor(video);
 
-    if (ALLOW_NSFW_CONTENT !== true && video.isNsfw === true && !viewerIsAuthor) {
+    if (viewerIsAuthor) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    if (ALLOW_NSFW_CONTENT !== true && video.isNsfw === true) {
       return false;
     }
 
@@ -600,7 +604,7 @@ export class NostrService {
       }
     }
 
-    if (video.isPrivate === true && !viewerIsAuthor) {
+    if (video.isPrivate === true) {
       return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/nostr-service-access-control.test.mjs b/tests/nostr-service-access-control.test.mjs
index 513102e2..9e8dad17 100644
--- a/tests/nostr-service-access-control.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/nostr-service-access-control.test.mjs
@@ -127,3 +127,34 @@ test("shouldIncludeVideo rejects blacklisted authors provided as hex when npubEn
     globalThis.window.NostrTools.nip19.npubEncode = originalEncode;
   }
 });
+
+test("shouldIncludeVideo always returns true for the viewer's own video", () => {
+  const service = createServiceWithAccessControl();
+  const video = {
+    id: "viewer-owned-video",
+    kind: 30078,
+    pubkey: whitelistHex,
+  };
+
+  service.nostrClient = { pubkey: whitelistHex };
+
+  const blacklistedEventIds = new Set([video.id]);
+  assert.equal(
+    service.shouldIncludeVideo(video, { blacklistedEventIds }),
+    true,
+  );
+});
+
+test("shouldIncludeVideo allows access when access control would deny the author", () => {
+  const service = new NostrService();
+  service.accessControl = { canAccess: () => false };
+  service.nostrClient = { pubkey: whitelistHex };
+
+  const video = {
+    id: "access-control-denied-video",
+    kind: 30078,
+    pubkey: whitelistHex,
+  };
+
+  assert.equal(service.shouldIncludeVideo(video), true);
+});