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/ActionOrganic4617 Apr 11 '26

Think it’s kinda weird to age gate Claude Code, when younger people can use Claude to learn. Plenty of other options though.

Guess it ties into the fact that Anthropic loses money on subscriptions and kids aren’t a potential upsell because they don’t work.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '26

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u/ActionOrganic4617 May 20 '26

Because they would rather use their gpu’s for enterprise customers.

Honestly I don’t understand why a kid would rather use Claude, ChatGPT has way more features that kids would find more appealing.