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An example of this occurred in late 2024 involving the [[Minecraft]] server '''McWar''<nowiki/>', wherein Mojang contacted the developer of the server to shut it down.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

Mods that bypass the IP Address blocklist have ~~been DMCA'd~~ by Tracer on the behalf of Microsoft.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-23 |title=dmca/2025/10/2025-10-23-minecraft-3.md at aad92ffb439b3a6b5f0666fe56c669a01f568052 · github/dmca |url=https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/aad92ffb439b3a6b5f0666fe56c669a01f568052/2025/10/2025-10-23-minecraft-3.md?plain=1#L45 |url-status=live |website=GitHub}}</ref>

Mods that bypass the IP Address blocklist that enforce these shutdowns have received takedowns by Tracer on the behalf of Microsoft under §1201 of the DMCA.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-23 |title=dmca/2025/10/2025-10-23-minecraft-3.md at aad92ffb439b3a6b5f0666fe56c669a01f568052 · github/dmca |url=https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/aad92ffb439b3a6b5f0666fe56c669a01f568052/2025/10/2025-10-23-minecraft-3.md?plain=1#L45 |url-status=live |website=GitHub}}</ref>

===Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication===

In version Beta 1.8, Mojang ~~has~~ changed the endpoint used for authentication on Minecraft servers from "www.minecraft.net" to "session.minecraft.net". ~~Unknown~~ amount of time later the original endpoint used for the authentication was shut down~~, breaking~~ authentication support for several old Minecraft versions, despite no actual changes in the behavior of the endpoint. The latter endpoint still works, despite being insecure (supports HTTP requests, with token being within the URL parameters) - this means that the shutdown is likely not a security concern.

In version Beta 1.8, Mojang changed the endpoint used for authentication on Minecraft servers from "www.minecraft.net" to "session.minecraft.net". An unknown amount of time later, the original endpoint used for the authentication was shut down. This broke authentication support for several old Minecraft versions, despite no actual changes in the behavior of the endpoint. The latter endpoint still works, despite being insecure (supports HTTP requests, with the token being within the URL parameters) - this means that the shutdown is likely not a security concern.

Lack of authentication has caused several Minecraft servers to:

*lose part of ~~the~~ playerbase due to a need ~~of modding~~ the game client (and server) to fix the authentication issue,

*lose part of their playerbase due to a need to mod the game client (and server) to fix the authentication issue,

*become completely insecure by allowing non-premium Minecraft users to join (e.g. opens the risk of botting the server, or brute-forcing user login passwords),

*become completely insecure by allowing non-premium Minecraft users to join (e.g. opens the risk of botting the server or brute-forcing user login passwords),

*break the EULA of the game due to allowing non-premium Minecraft users to join their server.

===Mojang requires age verification in order to chat in the UK===

In February 2026, Mojang has decided to implement mandatory age verification in the United Kingdom to access some features.{{Citation needed}} Although players still have access to play the game, they miss out on social features.{{Citation needed}} The big issue is players will now be locked out of the chat feature in the game which is essentially what keeps the online connection alive in the many servers players have access to.{{Citation needed}} In order to get this feature that has always been included automatically (regardless of age) UK residents must now verify their identity by using Yoti (a third-party service).{{Citation needed}} This is a huge blow to the Minecraft community as many of the games players are children.{{Citation needed}} Famous players such as TommyInnit (who's career took off due to his Minecraft streams and VODS later posted on YouTube) were under the age of 18 when they started to gain popularity.{{Citation needed}} Although these players had access to outside game voice chats with other players, many don't have access to the proper equipment required to do so, solely relying on the in-game chat. This mass majority of players in the UK will now have to verify their age and sell their data to a third-party service in order to get one of the most essential features in the game.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kabra |first=Akshat |date=2026-02-22 |title=Age verification in Minecraft: Everything you need to know |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/minecraft/age-verification-minecraft-everything-need-know |url-status=live |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=sportskeeda}}</ref>

In February 2026, Mojang has decided to implement mandatory age verification in the United Kingdom to access some features.{{Citation needed}} Although players still have access to play the game, they miss out on social features.{{Citation needed}} The big issue is players will now be locked out of the chat feature in the game which is essentially what keeps the online connection alive in the many servers players have access to.{{Citation needed}} In order to get this feature that has always been included automatically (regardless of age) UK residents must now verify their identity by using Yoti (a third-party service).{{Citation needed}} This is a huge blow to the Minecraft community as many of the games players are children.{{Citation needed}} Famous players such as TommyInnit (who's career took off due to his Minecraft streams and VODS later posted on YouTube) were under the age of 18 when they started to gain popularity.{{Citation needed}} Although these players had access to outside game voice chats with other players, many don't have access to the proper equipment required to do so, solely relying on the in-game chat. This mass majority of players in the UK will now have to verify their age and sell their data to a third-party service in order to get one of the most essential features in the game.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kabra |first=Akshat |date=2026-02-22 |title=Age verification in Minecraft: Everything you need to know |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/minecraft/age-verification-minecraft-everything-need-know |url-status=live |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=sportskeeda}}</ref>

===DMCA takedowns of competing games===

There has been a documented history of Microsoft submitting [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act|DMCA]] takedown notices to various voxel-based sandbox games which act as competition to Minecraft. As of ''February 10th, 2026'', the latest takedown was the project Allumeria,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mazeriio |date=Feb 10, 2026 |title=Tweet from Mazeriio |url=https://~~xcancel~~.com/Mazeriio/status/2021128578742513930 |access-date=Feb 10, 2026 |website=X formerly [[Twitter]]}}</ref> which existed as a wholly original project that was unreasonably delisted from Steam. The following is a complete list of competing games taken down by Microsoft.

There has been a documented history of Microsoft submitting [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act|DMCA]] takedown notices to various voxel-based sandbox games which act as competition to Minecraft. As of ''February 10th, 2026'', the latest takedown was the project Allumeria,<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Mazeriio |date=Feb 10, 2026 |title=Tweet from Mazeriio |url=https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/Mazeriio/status/2021128578742513930 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321121352/https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/Mazeriio/status/2021128578742513930 |archive-date=21 Mar 2026 |access-date=Feb 10, 2026 |website=X formerly [[Twitter]]}}</ref> which existed as a wholly original project that was unreasonably delisted from Steam. The following is a complete list of competing games taken down by Microsoft.

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|[[Microsoft]] submitted a [[DMCA]] notice to [[Valve]] via [[Tracer.ai]] over Allumeria after its systems detected that the game was supposedly using stolen assets from the game.<ref~~>{{Cite web |last=Mazeriio |date=Feb 10, 2026 |title=Tweet from Mazeriio |url~~=~~https~~:/~~/xcancel.com/Mazeriio/status/2021128578742513930 |access-date=Feb 10, 2026 |website=X formerly [[Twitter]]}}</ref~~> In an archived snapshot of Allumeria's [[Steam]] page, no assets were discernibly taken from Minecraft.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Unomelon |title=Allumeria's Steam page |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/3516590/Allumeria/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308151651/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3516590/Allumeria/ |archive-date=Mar 8, 2025 |access-date=Feb 10, 2026 |website=[[Steam]]}}</ref> A day later, Microsoft withdrew the complaint and Allumeria was reinstated on Steam store page.<ref>[[File:~~Screenshot_from_Allumeria_Discord_server~~.png|~~thumb|Screenshot~~ from Allumeria Discord server announcing that game has been reinstated on Steam.]]

|[[Microsoft]] submitted a [[DMCA]] notice to [[Valve]] via [[Tracer.ai]] over Allumeria after its systems detected that the game was supposedly using stolen assets from the game.<ref name=":4" /> In an archived snapshot of Allumeria's [[Steam]] page, no assets were discernibly taken from Minecraft.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Unomelon |title=Allumeria's Steam page |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/3516590/Allumeria/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308151651/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3516590/Allumeria/ |archive-date=Mar 8, 2025 |access-date=Feb 10, 2026 |website=[[Steam]]}}</ref> A day later, Microsoft withdrew the complaint and Allumeria was reinstated on Steam store page.<ref>[[:File:Allumeria Discord server screenshot.png|A screenshot from Allumeria Discord server announcing that game has been reinstated on Steam.]]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unomelon |date=2026-02-11 |title=Post by @unomelon.bsky.social |url=https://bsky.app/profile/unomelon.bsky.social/post/3mekpz2kras2t |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260211090940/https://bsky.app/profile/unomelon.bsky.social/post/3mekpz2kras2t |archive-date=2026-02-11 |access-date=2026-02-28 |website=Bluesky}}</ref>

</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unomelon |date=2026-02-11 |title=Post by @unomelon.bsky.social |url=https://bsky.app/profile/unomelon.bsky.social/post/3mekpz2kras2t |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260211090940/https://bsky.app/profile/unomelon.bsky.social/post/3mekpz2kras2t |archive-date=2026-02-11 |access-date=2026-02-28 |website=Bluesky}}</ref>

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 An example of this occurred in late 2024 involving the [[Minecraft]] server '''McWar''<nowiki/>', wherein Mojang contacted the developer of the server to shut it down.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
-Mods that bypass the IP Address blocklist have been DMCA'd by Tracer on the behalf of Microsoft.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-23 |title=dmca/2025/10/2025-10-23-minecraft-3.md at aad92ffb439b3a6b5f0666fe56c669a01f568052 · github/dmca |url=https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/aad92ffb439b3a6b5f0666fe56c669a01f568052/2025/10/2025-10-23-minecraft-3.md?plain=1#L45 |url-status=live |website=GitHub}}</ref>
+Mods that bypass the IP Address blocklist that enforce these shutdowns have received takedowns by Tracer on the behalf of Microsoft under §1201 of the DMCA.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-23 |title=dmca/2025/10/2025-10-23-minecraft-3.md at aad92ffb439b3a6b5f0666fe56c669a01f568052 · github/dmca |url=https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/aad92ffb439b3a6b5f0666fe56c669a01f568052/2025/10/2025-10-23-minecraft-3.md?plain=1#L45 |url-status=live |website=GitHub}}</ref>
 ===Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication===
 {{Main|Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication}}
-In version Beta 1.8, Mojang has changed the endpoint used for authentication on Minecraft servers from "www.minecraft.net" to "session.minecraft.net". Unknown amount of time later the original endpoint used for the authentication was shut down, breaking authentication support for several old Minecraft versions, despite no actual changes in the behavior of the endpoint. The latter endpoint still works, despite being insecure (supports HTTP requests, with token being within the URL parameters) - this means that the shutdown is likely not a security concern.
+In version Beta 1.8, Mojang changed the endpoint used for authentication on Minecraft servers from "www.minecraft.net" to "session.minecraft.net". An unknown amount of time later, the original endpoint used for the authentication was shut down. This broke authentication support for several old Minecraft versions, despite no actual changes in the behavior of the endpoint. The latter endpoint still works, despite being insecure (supports HTTP requests, with the token being within the URL parameters) - this means that the shutdown is likely not a security concern.
 Lack of authentication has caused several Minecraft servers to:
-*lose part of the playerbase due to a need of modding the game client (and server) to fix the authentication issue,
+*lose part of their playerbase due to a need to mod the game client (and server) to fix the authentication issue,
-*become completely insecure by allowing non-premium Minecraft users to join (e.g. opens the risk of botting the server, or brute-forcing user login passwords),
+*become completely insecure by allowing non-premium Minecraft users to join (e.g. opens the risk of botting the server or brute-forcing user login passwords),
 *break the EULA of the game due to allowing non-premium Minecraft users to join their server.
 ===Mojang requires age verification in order to chat in the UK<!-- Section SEVERELY needs references! -->===
-{{Incomplete section}}
+{{Incomplete section}}{{Main|Minecraft Chat Reporting and Restriction}}
-In February 2026, Mojang has decided to implement mandatory age verification in the United Kingdom to access some features.{{Citation needed}} Although players still have access to play the game, they miss out on social features.{{Citation needed}} The big issue is players will now be locked out of the chat feature in the game which is essentially what keeps the online connection alive in the many servers players have access to.{{Citation needed}} In order to get this feature that has always been included automatically (regardless of age) UK residents must now verify their identity by using Yoti (a third-party service).{{Citation needed}} This is a huge blow to the Minecraft community as many of the games players are children.{{Citation needed}} Famous players such as TommyInnit (who's career took off due to his Minecraft streams and VODS later posted on YouTube) were under the age of 18 when they started to gain popularity.{{Citation needed}}<!-- Honestly maybe this line could be purged, seems to be more an appeal to reason than demonstrating a flaw with this --> Although these players had access to outside game voice chats with other players, many don't have access to the proper equipment required to do so, solely relying on the in-game chat. This mass majority of players in the UK will now have to verify their age and sell their data to a third-party service in order to get one of the most essential features in the game.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kabra |first=Akshat |date=2026-02-22 |title=Age verification in Minecraft: Everything you need to know |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/minecraft/age-verification-minecraft-everything-need-know |url-status=live |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=sportskeeda}}</ref><!-- This Article (Age verification in Minecraft: Everything you need to know) (citaion no.8)is good as I think it covers quite enough info for this section as it has some Influencer "tweets" cited there. So I think this section can be made around it, hopefully anyone who will work on this finds this helpful. P.S (I just added this article to the IA so if you are working on this please add the archived link to the citation Thanks) --><!-- Line needs to be purged; just a repeat of previous information -->
+In February 2026, Mojang has decided to implement mandatory age verification in the United Kingdom to access some features.{{Citation needed}} Although players still have access to play the game, they miss out on social features.{{Citation needed}} The big issue is players will now be locked out of the chat feature in the game which is essentially what keeps the online connection alive in the many servers players have access to.{{Citation needed}} In order to get this feature that has always been included automatically (regardless of age) UK residents must now verify their identity by using Yoti (a third-party service).{{Citation needed}} This is a huge blow to the Minecraft community as many of the games players are children.{{Citation needed}} Famous players such as TommyInnit (who's career took off due to his Minecraft streams and VODS later posted on YouTube) were under the age of 18 when they started to gain popularity.{{Citation needed}}<!-- Honestly maybe this line could be purged, seems to be more an appeal to reason than demonstrating a flaw with this --><!--I would agree as anyone mentioned should be the ones showing the issue at hand rather than a history of someone popular which does not contribute to this issue,as shown in the citation no.9 by sportskeeda showing tweets by minecraft youtuber which also shows the pop-up message from Mojang--> Although these players had access to outside game voice chats with other players, many don't have access to the proper equipment required to do so, solely relying on the in-game chat. This mass majority of players in the UK will now have to verify their age and sell their data to a third-party service in order to get one of the most essential features in the game.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kabra |first=Akshat |date=2026-02-22 |title=Age verification in Minecraft: Everything you need to know |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/minecraft/age-verification-minecraft-everything-need-know |url-status=live |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=sportskeeda}}</ref><!-- This Article (Age verification in Minecraft: Everything you need to know) (citaion no.8)is good as I think it covers quite enough info for this section as it has some Influencer "tweets" cited there. So I think this section can be made around it, hopefully anyone who will work on this finds this helpful. P.S (I just added this article to the IA so if you are working on this please add the archived link to the citation Thanks) --><!-- Line needs to be purged; just a repeat of previous information -->
 ===DMCA takedowns of competing games<!-- Incidents that need research before inclusion: https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/39fu0s/dmca_takedown/  -->===
-There has been a documented history of Microsoft submitting [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act|DMCA]] takedown notices to various voxel-based sandbox games which act as competition to Minecraft. As of ''February 10th, 2026'', the latest takedown was the project Allumeria,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mazeriio |date=Feb 10, 2026 |title=Tweet from Mazeriio |url=https://xcancel.com/Mazeriio/status/2021128578742513930 |access-date=Feb 10, 2026 |website=X formerly [[Twitter]]}}</ref> which existed as a wholly original project that was unreasonably delisted from Steam. The following is a complete list of competing games taken down by Microsoft.<!-- Keep the table organized chronologically please! -->
+There has been a documented history of Microsoft submitting [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act|DMCA]] takedown notices to various voxel-based sandbox games which act as competition to Minecraft. As of ''February 10th, 2026'', the latest takedown was the project Allumeria,<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Mazeriio |date=Feb 10, 2026 |title=Tweet from Mazeriio |url=https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/Mazeriio/status/2021128578742513930 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321121352/https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/Mazeriio/status/2021128578742513930 |archive-date=21 Mar 2026 |access-date=Feb 10, 2026 |website=X formerly [[Twitter]]}}</ref> which existed as a wholly original project that was unreasonably delisted from Steam. The following is a complete list of competing games taken down by Microsoft.<!-- Keep the table organized chronologically please! -->
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-|[[Microsoft]] submitted a [[DMCA]] notice to [[Valve]] via [[Tracer.ai]] over Allumeria after its systems detected that the game was supposedly using stolen assets from the game.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mazeriio |date=Feb 10, 2026 |title=Tweet from Mazeriio |url=https://xcancel.com/Mazeriio/status/2021128578742513930 |access-date=Feb 10, 2026 |website=X formerly [[Twitter]]}}</ref> In an archived snapshot of Allumeria's [[Steam]] page, no assets were discernibly taken from Minecraft.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Unomelon |title=Allumeria's Steam page |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/3516590/Allumeria/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308151651/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3516590/Allumeria/ |archive-date=Mar 8, 2025 |access-date=Feb 10, 2026 |website=[[Steam]]}}</ref> A day later, Microsoft withdrew the complaint and Allumeria was reinstated on Steam store page.<ref>[[File:Screenshot_from_Allumeria_Discord_server.png|thumb|Screenshot from Allumeria Discord server announcing that game has been reinstated on Steam.]]
+|[[Microsoft]] submitted a [[DMCA]] notice to [[Valve]] via [[Tracer.ai]] over Allumeria after its systems detected that the game was supposedly using stolen assets from the game.<ref name=":4" /> In an archived snapshot of Allumeria's [[Steam]] page, no assets were discernibly taken from Minecraft.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Unomelon |title=Allumeria's Steam page |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/3516590/Allumeria/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308151651/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3516590/Allumeria/ |archive-date=Mar 8, 2025 |access-date=Feb 10, 2026 |website=[[Steam]]}}</ref> A day later, Microsoft withdrew the complaint and Allumeria was reinstated on Steam store page.<ref>[[:File:Allumeria Discord server screenshot.png|A screenshot from Allumeria Discord server announcing that game has been reinstated on Steam.]]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unomelon |date=2026-02-11 |title=Post by @unomelon.bsky.social |url=https://bsky.app/profile/unomelon.bsky.social/post/3mekpz2kras2t |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260211090940/https://bsky.app/profile/unomelon.bsky.social/post/3mekpz2kras2t |archive-date=2026-02-11 |access-date=2026-02-28 |website=Bluesky}}</ref><!-- I don't know if the Bluesky post is enough or rather "better" as I had discussed this before on discord and a fellow CRW user did say it is ok so I used it here. -->
-</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Unomelon |date=2026-02-11 |title=Post by @unomelon.bsky.social |url=https://bsky.app/profile/unomelon.bsky.social/post/3mekpz2kras2t |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260211090940/https://bsky.app/profile/unomelon.bsky.social/post/3mekpz2kras2t |archive-date=2026-02-11 |access-date=2026-02-28 |website=Bluesky}}</ref><!-- I don't know if the Bluesky post is enough or rather "better" as I had discussed this before on discord and a fellow CRW user did say it is ok so I used it here. -->
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