Gmail Phone verification ??

Hi guys

Happy new year to you all:

Not sure if I'm behind the 8 ball here, but I just tried to setup several new email accounts for a new campaign I'm running.
I was pretty amazed that I had to confirm "ALL" the new Gmail accounts using phone verification.

I tried the usual CAPTCHA codes, but each and every time, I was taken to the PV page and could not get around it, regardless if I filled out the CAPTCHA or not!

Is this something just for my neck of the woods or is it now the only way to get a Gmail account?

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