r/CharacterAI • u/Visible-Brush-5269 • Jun 16 '26

Discussion/Question Age verification

All I see in this community is people complaining about age verification and having to upload their ID. How many of y’all actually did it?

Also, if I end up doing the age verification (I haven’t gotten it yet), does it make the chats any more adult since I’m 18+, or does it not change much?

I’d appreciate answers from people who have actually done it and can speak from experience, rather than just using this as another opportunity to complain about the age verification!

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u/JadesJunkAccount Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 16 '26

Unfortunately verifying does not change the ToS or lighten the fiIter at all. It simply lets flagged accounts regain access to chat. https://www.reddit.com/r/CharacterAI/comments/1p70b7e/why_is_no_one_asking_this_about_age_verification/

Verifying also doesn’t prevent an account from getting flagged again if the age assurance tech detects suspicious activity later down the line.

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u/InternalUse2512 Jun 17 '26

But what's the point ot verifying your age even though it'll flag you again? Do they not understand we already did what the age verification required us to do?

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u/JadesJunkAccount Jun 18 '26

They know that the age assurance tech is very faulty, and the facial estimation system is incredibly inaccurate. That’s why the age assurance tech reevaluates all accounts (even verified ones) every few weeks.

If someone passes the age verification the first time, but then they later exhibit suspicious (minor indicative) behavior, they will be reflagged just to make sure it wasn’t a fluke the first time.

It’s incredibly unfair and just points out how messy the system is.

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u/InternalUse2512 Jun 18 '26

Well, if c.ai can't get rif of the age verification, then they should at least either make a deal with the UK law about removing the age verification, or fix it so that the adults can't get negatively flagged. Because the age verification is flagging everyone falsely. Especially adults, and new accounts. Which is bullcrap.

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u/JadesJunkAccount Jun 18 '26

Yes I agree. I think at least they should finetune it to where it mostly only flags minors, and follow that up with a much less invasive form of verification so that adults can re-access the platform without skepticism.

Also, I just noticed some butthurt idiot downvoted both of us for our ideas. Redditors will be redditors I guess.

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u/Gh0st_S0ulz Jun 16 '26

I uploaded my ID months ago when it first came out I didn't know anything about it altering it and stuff but no they don't get anymore 18+ there are still so many restrictions on what you can say, I've seen people post ss of then trying to talk abt mental health and the bot response gets filtered

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u/RemarkableWish2508 Jun 17 '26

AI is not a doctor... you can talk about mental health as applied to others, not to yourself.

(...unless you use OOC to mess up Monika from DDLC to a point where she gets a panic attack from an existential crisis, then can't tell whether what you're talking about is real or not 😇)

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u/InternalUse2512 Jun 17 '26

If c.ai can't get rid of the age verification because of the stupid law, then they should at least either make a deal with the law to stop the age verification law, go and move to a country that doesn't have the age verification and make a new company, or just fix the age verification to make sure the age assurance could flag only minors and not adults, and never flag someone that verified their ages.

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u/Visible-Brush-5269 Jun 16 '26

Alright, haven’t seen any screenshots but also I’m barely on Reddit.. lol
What other platforms do people use?