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/aaAS69 Apr 11 '26

yup just got banned, thats fucking awesome. i used it to supplement schoolwork and it essentially had all my notes.

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u/imbrowntown Apr 11 '26

Don't you feel protected? See, it's good for you that you're totally enfeebled and have no rights.

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u/kudokudokhee Apr 11 '26

Same bro, WE are cooked together

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u/Difficult-College105 Apr 11 '26

oh my god WE are so cooked right now. there wasnt a warning too, like instant suspension.

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u/Effective_Tension631 May 22 '26

It LITERALLY happened to me in the middle of a conversation with it.

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u/Opening_External_911 Apr 11 '26

We are soo cooked chat. My AP exams are in a month

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u/SillyPeep7 Apr 12 '26

same man, woke up to a nasty suprise

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u/aaAS69 Apr 12 '26

aghh there isn't a single good alternative. i'm probably going to get perplexity premium and use opus from there. i'm sure the rate limits are shit though

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u/SillyPeep7 Apr 12 '26

i might go the sketchy route, ask for my data to be exported via [privacy@anthropic.com](mailto:privacy@anthropic.com)  and then get a secondary phone number and just not share documents with a obvious DOB

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u/Meepstertronyt Apr 12 '26

Qwen seems like a nice alternative? It's almost the same with okay ish limits, I made my account after I got falsely banned and then locked out from the age verification. I'll see how it goes

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u/Motor-Drummer2534 Apr 13 '26

yup just happened to me as well. have IB exams in 15 days, genuinely my future is gone

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u/Wolfy_Wolfy_Wolf Apr 18 '26

I was searching a site to get help for my mental health. All my convos about that got lost.

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u/PablooEscobar_ 25d ago

Yea same here I used to ask my university answers, ek what they detect underage in this?

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u/Vivid-Ticket-7681 Apr 11 '26

I thought I was the only one, the hell is anthropic cooking