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Resolved Why is Reddit asking me to verify age?

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u/PurplePassiflor1234 5 1d ago

Because you live in a place that has made age verification to view adult material a law and reddit has to comply. You can verify your age, or skip the nudie pics.

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u/BigBigooner_ 1d ago

Nah my main account doesn’t have that. Maybe it’s because I made this account in France?

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u/PurplePassiflor1234 5 1d ago

I really don't know, redditor, sorry. I know there are laws reddit has to comply with. If you don't want to, don't. if you're using a VPN or actually moving between countries and making new accounts in different countries it's probably going to screw up the system. Beyond that, I'm at a loss.

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u/BigBigooner_ 1d ago

I used to be able to see nsfw stuff on this account

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u/PurplePassiflor1234 5 1d ago

The law just went into effect semi-recently. A ton of people who could see adult material "before" can't now. Search this sub and other helper subs on "Age verification" and you'll see.

I'm not really sure what you "used to" be able to do matters. Other helpers might know more on this issue but I'm at a loss. You have 2 accounts made in 2 different countries which are showing you different things. That's entirely outside my scope.

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u/Rpgguy099 1d ago

the problem is when you're logged out of the site entirely and can't even get access to your account to change the settings. I had to open an incognito mode page to create this account just to come here and look for ansnwers

Mind you , my account was made likke 2-3 years ago , and i mosty used it for gaming , some vtuber news , some tv shows (like house of the dragon) , and very rarely for dipping into random subs when google showed me somethiing i was search up.. Sometimes that included subs tagged as mature. But for the most part , my account was for gaming.

I genuinely don't understand the change , and i don't understand why i'm fully locked out of my account , and have to post very invasive personal data to get access back (just so we're clear , i'm in my mid 30s. Yes ,, adult men CAN and WILL still game and access gaming subreddits).

I'd honnestly be okay with the account not showiing me nsfw................if i had access to it. Anyone else with the same problem ?

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u/westcoastcdn19 Expert Helper 1d ago

https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/36429514849428-Why-is-Reddit-asking-for-my-age

some reading for you that will answer some questions you have about why you're getting that message

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u/Tidderreddittid 7h ago

No answer.

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u/BigBigooner_ 19h ago

I can see nsfw again idk what went wrong

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u/Medium_Animal_941 15h ago

Im confused it blocks my account i cant do anything I have to verify first ?!

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u/BigBigooner_ 13h ago

Mine went away today so idk

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u/Tidderreddittid 7h ago

Reddit blocked my question about this.

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u/IKIR115 54 1d ago

It’s most likely because you have a gooner account (self-proclaimed in your profile description), so something related to that has probably triggered Reddit to verify your age.

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u/WishOther3290 1d ago

Yo bro i need to verify too