Technology7/28/2025β€’The Verge

Reddit and Discord’s UK age verification can be defeated by Death Stranding’s photo mode

Reddit and Discord’s UK age verification can be defeated by Death Stranding’s photo mode

The article discusses a loophole in the UK's new online safety rules, which require mandatory age verification on various platforms. It was discovered that the face scanning tools used by platforms like Reddit and Discord can be easily bypassed by utilizing the photo mode feature in the game Death Stranding. Gamers have been exploiting this method, where they simply point their phone camera at the game character Sam Bridges to pass the age checks. This revelation highlights the limitations of the current age verification systems and the need for more robust and secure measures to protect minors online.

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