Anthropic Rolls Out KYC Identity Verification for Claude — Government ID and Live Selfie Required

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Anthropic began requiring government-issued photo ID and live selfie verification for certain Claude capabilities on April 14, using Persona Identities as the verification partner. The company says it applies to 'a small number of cases' indicating potentially fraudulent or abusive behavior, but community backlash is significant (669 upvotes on r/ClaudeAI) — especially given prior incidents where adult users were incorrectly flagged as minors and suspended. Data goes to Persona's servers (not Anthropic's), encrypted at rest, excluded from training.