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Brits getting around age verification using animated game faces

Brits getting around age verification using animated game faces

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Jul 26, 2025
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Death Stranding's "photo mode," which lets players mug and gurn for the camera with actor Norman Reedus's 56-year-old face, is one method youngsters are using to defeat Britain's new online age verification system, part of its sprawling Online Safety Act. The time from the K-iD system going online to becoming a joke was measured in hours, if not m…

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