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Gamers are getting around Discord's new UK age verification tools by using Death Stranding's photo mode – yes, you read that right

The UK's Online Safety Act has introduced age verification tools across multiple platforms It prevents users from accessing potentially 18+ rated content It's left multiple gamers and Discord users ...
PC Gamer

Discord says 70,000 age-verification ID photos may have been leaked in recent security breach that also includes names, usernames, emails, credit cards, and IP addresses

I just died of not-surprise. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In a development that will come as no surprise to critics of ...
Gizmodo

‘Death Stranding’ Is Helping UK Users Bypass Age Verification Laws

The video game’s photo mode is being used to outsmart age verification systems on popular platforms like Discord and Reddit in the UK. Reading time 2 minutes Gamers in the United Kingdom have found a ...
Wired

Age Verification Is Sweeping Gaming. Is It Ready for the Age of AI Fakes?

In July, Siyan, a UK-based Discord user, logged on one morning and found himself unable to access some of his text chats marked NSFW. The channel, a popup informed him, was now age-restricted. The ...
Mashable

Discord reveals 70,000 users' government IDs may have been compromised

Last week, Discord revealed that a security breach had exposed some of its users' personal information — including government IDs collected for age verification. At the time, the voice chat and ...
CoinTelegraph

2.1M Discord users’ ‘deleted’ ID photos may be exposed in massive leak

Hackers who breached Discord’s Zendesk support system are reportedly extorting the platform after stealing 2.1 million users’ age-verification photos. Discord is reportedly being extorted by hackers ...