Following the passage of the UK's Online Safety Act, some users are bypassing the age-verification checks put in place by Discord and other sites via the photo mode functions in Death Stranding. By booting up Death Stranding and taking a picture of Sam Porter Bridges, the measure allowed UK users to conceal their identities and trick Discord's age-check systems.
The UK's Online Safety Act went into full effect on July 25, which required age checks for accessing adult-centric content online. Before the act was fully enforced, Discord previously tested its age-verification measures in the UK and parts of Europe as early as April 2025. The system, known as K-id, verifies users via a face scan or an ID scan, and deletes any pictures or documents after a user's age is confirmed. However, the Online Safety Act and associated age-verification checks were criticized by users, with some expressing privacy concerns over the data collected by these new requirements.
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