Video game thwarts UK age verification, Australia likely to follow

The UK has started rolling out online age verification as part of its bid to prevent children from accessing harmful content. But it’s already faced a hurdle: users have already sidestepped the age verification process thanks to the latest Death Stranding game.

Sites and online platforms like Reddit and Discord now require users in the UK to verify their age. The process involves scanning a user’s face via a phone camera or uploading a form of photo ID. Rather industrious folks tried scanning the face of Death Stranding 2‘s protagonist to see if it would pass the age check. Long story short, it did.

The quirky video game workaround is viewed as an example of the unreliability of age verification technology. Combine that with a surge in VPN popularity in the UK, and it’s clear that people will try all manner of workarounds. With Australia set to implement similar age verification techniques, expect a similar scenario to play out locally.

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