Public Evidence Lab / Dossier O-2798
Collected sample: 7 independent content items across 2 source families. Known publication dates: 2026-08-13 — 2026-10-28.
First seen 2026-08-13 · Last updated 2026-11-13 · Recalculated daily
These observations describe collected samples, not platform-wide prevalence; they cannot establish whether a problem is widespread or accelerating. Collection scope changed on 09-16 and 09-27; monthly counts must not be read as trends.
Post title: Deleted my ChatGPT account today due to age restriction
Received an email explaining that my chatgpt accou…
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Post title: Did the age verification work for anyone on c.ai?
the new age verification has been bugging out and …
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Post title: Steam could've added better privacy preserving age verification for Australian users
PayPal verification (this is a no brainer since va…
The public layer keeps only a minimal excerpt. Open the source for full context.
Post title: Ask HN: New Reddit also requiring login?
As of today it won’t allow me to access my account at all or new Reddit in any form without providing age verification (face scan or gov ID). AI faces, video game create-a-character, and IDs off of Go…
Post title: Reddit forcing me to use an id to verify js so i can access my account (android)
recently my main account is forcing me to verify e…
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Post title: Old.reddit.com Gone
It looks like old.reddit.com still works but requires logging in. Not having to log in was a huge feature for old.reddit.com. Sucks to see it go, but it was inevitable.
Post title: Show HN: Anonymous age verification with passkey-powered encryption
If you could combine this with the google oath experience somehow like age verification of my google account? I would def use that.
What this evidence does not show yet
This dossier already carries first-hand payment evidence. What it still cannot tell you: market size, how reachable these people are, or what it costs to acquire them.
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Scoring summary
Evidence confidence = strength × evidence volume × source diversity × payment × competition × trend × 10. Counts use independent content items; only first-hand pain, current spend, explicit willingness to pay and concrete feature requests affect the score. Repeated posts by one author are discounted. Scoring and status changes follow deterministic rules.
“Payment-backed” means first-hand payment evidence exists in the record. It does not mean the business is worth building. “Fading” is a recency tag shown alongside any evidence level, not a lower level. Read the full methodology.