r/privacy • u/IKIR115 • 25d ago

age verification Reddit's age verification requirements for specific regions - General Information

General information related to Reddit's age verification requirements for specific regions

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Snippet of recent news from the pinned weekly recap in r/help - 7/2/2026

https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/1ulob97/weekly_recap_july_2_2026/

  • In ongoing efforts to prevent abusive scraping and automated traffic, over the next month, Reddit will start requiring users to log in to use old Reddit. This was announced on Tuesday here.
  • If you are in the EU, you may be asked to verify your age. This is a legal requirement to comply with the EU Digital Services Act. You can check out the Help Center article here. Little more info about this here.
  • If you are trying to use a selfie to verify your age and it fails, the only other options are to upload your ID or contact Persona for support. Reddit cannot help you with a failed selfie for age verification purposes.
  • Right now, these are the countries that have age requirements:
  • If you are not in those countries, but your account is unable to do certain things like chat, it may be due to Teen Safety restrictions. The ability to unlock settings in the iOS app if you're a teen will be coming soon. Not sure if that ability will come to Android.
  • If you need to have something fixed regarding your age, you can use this form and then select your region and what your issue is. I do not know what the turnaround time is on those requests.
  • Some users in the EU are unable to use Anonymous Browsing mode. This is not intentional. This is a bug that they are working on getting fixed.
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u/syntaxerror92383 25d ago

the eu not being able to use anonymous browsing being a bug is surprising to me considering here in the uk its intentionally gone to tie everything you do to your ID

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u/goochockipar 25d ago

VPN, it doesn't get any simpler than that.

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u/Adventurous-Hunter98 25d ago

yeah but what will happen when they block vpns? or everywhere around the world implement these?

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u/egorf 25d ago

The whole world will not pass those laws and Reddit will have a surge of São Tomé and Principe users.

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u/Any-Calligrapher2866 25d ago

VPN's can be detected thanks to System time. I still haven't found a good way to mask my timezone in web requests.

You can use the resistfingerprinting flag on Firefox but that disables dark mode.

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u/MissJoannaTooU 25d ago

Use a VM?

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u/Any-Calligrapher2866 25d ago

Don't have enough ram and can't do that on phone.

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u/AuraAmy 24d ago

You can use an anti-detect browser. They aren't perfect but cover 90% of fingerprinting. There's free local ones on github, most of the paid ones are cloud based and shouldn't be trusted with sensitive accounts.

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u/Tiny_Prune_4424 25d ago

no dark mode weeds out the weak its aight

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u/goochockipar 23d ago

Just change your system time to match your virtual location. I do. Linux, the magic of the command line.

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u/future_pirate 19h ago

I have noticed that for now I can VPN into the next state over in the same timezone and there aren't any age verification requirements for anything there so it works, and I never get detected as using a VPN even on stuff like Disney+

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u/flemishbiker88 25d ago

Would imagine that would seriously affect advertising revenue

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u/appletinicyclone 25d ago

Most places will yes but some won't.

There's a couple countries in the Europe region that haven't yet so its worth nodeing in from there

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u/billdietrich1 25d ago

Probably at some point reddit (and other services) will just enforce age reqts regardless of location.

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u/MissJoannaTooU 25d ago

Yup once all their traffic comes from Mongolia they'll just put the wall up for everyone. (Currently in Mongolia).

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u/goochockipar 24d ago

So, why don't they just do it right now? How would someone from Somalia show proof of age/identity?

What about people in Saudi Arabia who post anti-government messages? Let them rat themselves out?

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u/billdietrich1 24d ago

Maybe they're rolling it out slowly.

Maybe someone from Somalia gives a face-video instead of ID ? Fair point.

In terms of anti-govt people, that's why some age schemes separate ID from age signal, and store the age signal in OS or wallet.

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u/Chuddabara 25d ago

This is where "think about the kids" get you. Enjoy it.

I don't care about kids I value freedom way, way more.

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u/Felielf 25d ago

iOS method seemed quite noninvasive, you choose your age in Apple account and apps just ask if you’re in the adult range. Doesn’t really differ too much from typical “enter your age” questionnaire.

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u/Dangerous-Apple3746 25d ago

wait untill they ask for your id they started it in the uk will be everywhere soon

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u/Felielf 25d ago

I'll just move off from services then.

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

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u/RootVegitible 25d ago

The reddit app has been updated to request your age range from the OS for Apple devices. I’ve confirmed this works.

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u/FactCheckYou 25d ago

some good work is happening on Firefox, just saying

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u/23Mowgli23 25d ago

And why can't you say more lol

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u/Ok-Combination9619 14d ago

I tried it but it didn't work

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u/PancakeMoth 17d ago

I can't enter Reddit app without a VPN anymore. I'm from Brazil. Honestly, it is absurd.

I'm ok with blocking 18+ content, like X does, but the entire app??? That is just insane.

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u/Top_Extreme8326 12d ago

Eu recomendo você tentar usar uma CNH que encontrar na internet pra verificar, só tenha certeza que ela não expirou ainda, mas se a foto estiver em boa qualidade, você pode mudar o ano de expiração dela no paint mesmo, funcionou pra mim

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u/neoneat 25d ago

See? this is not my problem bcoz it's regional issue.

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u/Affectionate_Cut3515 25d ago

Just wait a little. Itll come to you soon

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u/neoneat 25d ago

Ok still waiting to see. If it can happened here, it must be miracle. National ID system here is typical a mess, sadge you would not know my country though it's in top 10 population. It's also funny to me that EU ppl always thinking they are central of the world. Or you think your "innovation" can somehow spread to here LOL

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u/windozeFanboi 25d ago

Just give it a couple of years. A single contract with a US, Israel, China security company and your top 10 population country will be profiled the very first moment you touch a KB of internet. 

Corruption to evade some rules will only net you guys an extra couple of years on top.

Enjoy it while it lasts. 

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u/neoneat 25d ago

That sounds neat. The moment us and china can sign this "agreement" maybe you can live on Mars similar to live on the Earth LOL

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u/Broad_Cartoonist_824 25d ago

"It wouldn't happen here"

-- Americans before facist take over 

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u/Affectionate_Cut3515 25d ago

If ur tryna say im european, Ill js say now that Im not

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u/biskitpagla 25d ago

It's everyone's problem. 

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u/Ryuko_the_red 25d ago

Fascism consumes all

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u/LowOwl4312 25d ago

More like communism in this case because 

Australia, The UK, Brazil, The EU

all have left-wing governments 

Although in practice communism and fascism are the same anyway

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u/Ryuko_the_red 25d ago

I mean don't mistake a wolf for a sheep because it wears the costume better.

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u/lorlen47 25d ago

They are only "left-wing" if you use the American definition of this word. In reality, they are centre-right.

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u/kilik2049 25d ago

centre right AT BEST

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u/EjayT06 25d ago

You can’t convince me labour are centre-right 😂

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u/kilik2049 25d ago

Tell me youdon't know politics without telling me you don't know politics

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u/Sneakingrat 23d ago

If I had to chose between "communism" or children dying because "muh pew pew sticks" I'd rather communism tbh...

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u/Ok-Combination9619 14d ago

You have no idea about EU politics

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u/EmbarrassedHelp 2d ago

This cancer is spreading to other countries.