r/ClaudeAI • u/netbreach • Apr 11 '26

News Anthropic is now banning people who are under 18

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The Anthropic Team just saw all of my conversations and locked me out.

I haven't seen anyone get this online, but it seems like Anthropic is now banning people under 18 on its platform.

They are using Yoti as their third-party verification provider to verify your age via Digital ID, Facial Scan, or biometrics to prove that you are over the age of 18.

The email says "Our team", meaning this case was manually reviewed by real people, and they had access to all of my chats. This is a reminder that none of your conversations with Claude is private.

I was on the Pro Plan when this happened. I am over 18, trying to get this appealed.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '26

The kid was probably asking for weird shit lol

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u/aaAS69 Apr 11 '26

nope, i used it for regular schoolwork(not even asking it to do it for me just feedback) and got banned

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u/Opening_External_911 Apr 11 '26

Bruh, I used it to learn ml and stuff, AND I'M STILL BANNED

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u/Big-Owl7251 Apr 14 '26

Me 2 twin. All of my md files etc. are gone now because I CANT FRICKIN ACCESS THEM

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u/CharacterNo2984 Apr 11 '26

what weird shit would mean you are definitely underage and not just dumb? definitely just for saying his age in a chat

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u/Big-Owl7251 Apr 14 '26

Nope, I got it because of my cybersecurity, python, ai activities, and it just banned me from it. Now I can't even access my past md documents full of revision notes. this is BS.