Overview

• Discord began enforcing face-scan or ID-based age checks on July 25 under the UK Online Safety Act to restrict access to flagged adult content.
• The k-ID system processes facial scans locally on users’ devices and deletes ID uploads from its servers after age confirmation.
• Within 24 hours, user Dany Sterkhov demonstrated a workaround by submitting Death Stranding 2 character images and expressions to satisfy video selfie prompts.
• PC Gamer confirmed that the Death Stranding 2 approach bypasses the age-verification system and exposes gaps in Discord’s compliance measures.
• The Online Safety Act’s age-verification mandate has expanded to platforms including Reddit and porn sites, raising concerns that similar evasion tactics will spread.