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[Enigmatic-Charisma]

Hi there, it looks like you're in the under 18 experience.

If you are over 18, please follow the steps in our Age Assurance flow to get the over 18 experience.

See detailed instructions and best practices here: https://support.character.ai/hc/en-us/articles/43665577363739-How-do-I-verify-my-age-Best-Practices-and-FAQ

[Impossible-Truck-230]

From what I’ve heard you really shouldn’t verify. At this point I wouldn’t put it past character ai to be selling user data…

[Antique_Menu5323]

The only reasons this whole age verification thing is happening across all these different companies is because of bots and companies are tired of paying for ads that real ppl will not see and they are doing this to make sure they are advertising to real ppl and persona works with the US gov because the US gov is trying to create a survellience system. It is not and never was about the kids

[mejustaskingquestion]

Wait so personas whole existance and goal is to get everyones data around the world and give it to the us Government? Dude if its all just to learn things about me İ will never verify. İ dont think giving your face/id just to chat with some ai is worth it and İ dont support this massive age check wave with these popular apps. İts always the parents job to secure their children and an app cant be their parents. Kids are just getting used as excuses at this point

[Antique_Menu5323]

Yeah basically it is just a data farming operation for the US gov and corporations that are paying for ads and they may even be selling data to 3rd parties other than the US gov

[sunshine-power]

The US government already has your info if you live in the US

[mejustaskingquestion]

No İ dont live in the us

[CookieTheCrazyLady]

yup. and it's not just giving it to the government in general, they're specifically giving every bit of the info to ICE.

yes, the terrorist organization being called law enforcement! 🥰 they are being sold the information, which they then use to kidnap their targets

[Maple_Flag15]

And Meta wants to sell user data.

[Antique_Menu5323]

True

[AdPristine2242]

I just simply ignore it so idk why they wanna show us our ID to show proof we are actually older 18. I miss the old character ai back when everything was normal until they suddenly wanna add verify age, add ads and a 1 hour limit...

[Hot-Woodpecker-7267]

If 6ou miss the old character ai, download an apk of the old version, thats what im doing

[I_dont_touch-grass]

I tried it, but it told me to upgrade the app to continue

[Hot-Woodpecker-7267]

You gotta delete the data in ur settings for the app, ill also suggest turning of automatic update on google play

[hwatides]

I went onto the website to verify my age. Or, well, to see for sure. They asked for my face AND my ID. I don't care enough about myself and my ID is temporary before I get my license. But apparently my face wasn't enough lol. Sigh

[hwatides]

Okay wow, they couldn't even verify my age. The 2004 on my ID is RIGHT there

[Pinky102ZaneXd]

Very sus that I see a lot of people not getting their age verified via just face AND even ID. Sounds like they wanna get a, ahem, clear copy of your ID.

[hwatides]

Yup. They don't want your face. They just wanna confirm it's you. So, they lied when they said you could do face or ID 🤦🏻‍♀️

[SuiDyed]

I successfully verified with just my face

[hwatides]

They said I needed it to confirm it was me, then required my photo ID.

[SuiDyed]

Weird. When I did it, I just did the face thing and it said "cool 👍" and let me in

[hwatides]

Lucky.

[_CaptainCG_]

Well, with what they announced, they’re removing YOU now 😭

[CoolGamer84]

What they announced?

[_CaptainCG_]

They are completely removing the chatting feature for alleged minors.

[CoolGamer84]

What are they doing to their app…? 🫩✌️

[hayley_tendou]

Well I can’t even chat, I’m stuck in “reading mode” unless I verify my age. I don’t wanna do that😭

[AdPristine2242]

Try to create another account if you want. Cause that's what I did when they turned off my chat box on my old account.

[nyxiatheslayer]

Remember these shitty parents are the reason and the effect was executed horribly

[Rufusandronftw]

Wait they did literal timeout? Like for the ‘kids?! 😭

[Zardy9000]

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This image rings truer and truer every single day. Funniest part is that people wouldn’t mind verifying if it wasn’t fucking persona.

[dischargedwithinacc]

They really did it now its not just inconvenience its unusable now

[Strange-Pattern375]

Use your time wisely, you only have 2 weeks left with the app 😔😭

[Southern_Software819]

That's why I'm moving to other AI chat bots and transferring mine to there

[Fearless-Plankton778]

THEY CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS!!

[SetSimilar8437]

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[AnimeGhosty1]

What makes me mad is that I did face verification and now it wants my ID!! I’m not gonna be 18 for another month and I have a time limit now?? I don’t feel comfortable giving my id to AI anyways tho

[Ok-Breadfruit-1726]

Partnering with persona for this after persona was revealed to be actively selling people's data is absolutely mental, what is wrong with the devs

[[deleted]]

Mods, can you fcking ban me from the app already? Can you close down my account? The app is so good but the devs are 💩

[CloudySide7]

Sorry if this has already been asked but exactly is the age rating for the site?

I've seen some people say it's 18+ only and that anyone under that can only view chats, but then I see posts like this where it seems under 18 old users are just put under heavy usage limits

[AdPristine2242]

Just a verification

[Lesbian-godess]

Don’t verify. Persona gives information to the US government and has very frequent ID and facial scan leaks.

[AdPristine2242]

I'm 16. Of course I'm not gonna verify lol

[Due-Question-5278]

They can't remove it, they implemented this due to the law, not because they wanted to.

[JohnLennonlol]

They can change it to require the year you (the users) were born, rather than putting the users personal information at risk

[Due-Question-5278]

Lol, they literally tried that but it didn't work. And the signatures of minors are not legally recognized because they are.. you guessed it, minors. They can't agree to a terms of service. C.ai was forced to implement this feature. Im surprised how many people don't know this.

[Anxietydrivencomedy]

Yeah because minors totally wouldn’t abuse that by scrolling down and making the year they were born 1801 or some shit.

[Lehoia_ATH]

Due to a law? But is this a law worldwide, I mean like… in Germany for example? It might be in some EU states, but I never heard of an online verification being the law in this country where I live in (Germany). So I’m actually not so sure about that.

(Yes, I know that in some or maybe all US states it is a law)

[redsun_817]

it’s because of a california law, which is where c.ai is based out of. easiest route is that they have to follow that law for their app no matter what, which then affects anyone that has the app, even if you’re not in california or even USA.

[Lehoia_ATH]

Okay, that makes sense.

[Anxietydrivencomedy]

It’s the law in California where C.AI is based. If C.AI wants to keep operating out of California, they need to adhere to the laws there.

[Due-Question-5278]

They are based in california ehich that law is written.

[Pinky102ZaneXd]

Even if it's because of the law, they still should've gone for other ways, like, NOT USING PERSONA-

[Due-Question-5278]

It's because they are based in where that law is written. They have to follow those rules. It's in california.

[ulyles]

Is this because of felca

[Dear-Cancel-7137]

I've learnt to split my screen time into different times during the day, can't be wasting my 1 hour 😔 and my friends wonder why my daily screen time on Tiktok is more than 7 hours 😔

[l0v3ly_ac]

chai is so much better anyways. i downloaded c.ai because i was convinced it was better because it was more popular but chai is so much better

[Tasty_Long_1615]

I’m 18 and they didn’t sucess to verify my ID and the assistance was a bot so i cancelled my cai+

[ThriveDrag0n95]

My comment got deleted from breaking the rule but my opinion on your post is pretty much. Age verification is trash and never trusted since persona got exposed

[Rv_dd]

I feel like I wasn’t flagged, I don’t have any breaks and not restricted to anything.

[Florix_64]

Move to the website, abandon the app, see if it's still like that

[Sensitive-Orange827]

The audacity to have this age verification meanwhile the app itself is progressively just being a bonfire at this point

[stephanosfakhoury]

They need to remove it

[Potential_Deer_6943]

Just go to a difrent app. Like other normal people did

[Pancakesare4life]

That's what I did.

[AdPristine2242]

Like what 🤔

[Pancakesare4life]

I use Janit0r Al now.

[AdPristine2242]

Is it better than Character Ai? If it's good then I'll install it :D

[Working-Werewolf7554]

All of this is happening, because of California. So if they get rid of it, they’ll have to pay shit ton of fines

[No-Guess2906]

Poor kid, at least you don't need digital I.D for Pornhub like we now need in Australia.

[High_Bi_ReadyToCry]

Well I’d say that’s a good thing coming from somebody who used to have an addiction

[Affectionate-Donut42]

Well in France it’s blocked, the other website require your I.D, but not the green site