Anthropic Now Actively Banning Under-18 Users — Reading Conversations to Verify Age, 752 Upvotes and 287 Comments

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Anthropic is enforcing age verification by reviewing user conversations and locking out accounts identified as belonging to minors. A user reported being permanently banned after Anthropic's team reviewed their chat history, with 752 upvotes and 287 comments on r/ClaudeAI. This marks a notable shift in enforcement — while under-18 use has always violated ToS, active detection via conversation analysis is new and raises questions about privacy, content review practices, and how Anthropic balances safety with surveillance.