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Re:Google Meet premium video meetings–free for everyone by AsyncAwait on Thursday April 30, 2020 @04:19AM (#23028659)
Twitter does not "require" a phone number, but they'll lock your account very quickly for "suspicious activity" if you don't provide one.

I imagine Google to be similar.

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Re:Google Meet premium video meetings–free for everyone by hetspookjee on Thursday April 30, 2020 @04:28AM (#23028711)
Yes, and after that they need additional account information for more security reasons, like your second e-mail.
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Re:Google Meet premium video meetings–free for everyone by azangru on Thursday April 30, 2020 @06:54AM (#23029502)
Oh, that's why mine got locked! I've been wondering about that. I hadn't posted a single tweet, yet got notified that my account was locked for suspicious activity.
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Re:Google Meet premium video meetings–free for everyone by lucb1e on Thursday April 30, 2020 @10:08AM (#23030927)
Same happened to me about half a year ago. When contacting support to get it unlocked, you need to agree to the Google privacy policy. Twitter is lovely these days.
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