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Brits are circumventing UK age verification with VPNs and Death Stranding photos | Even Kojima didn't see this coming


Proton VPN reported a 1,400% increase in logins from the UK on Friday. The company attributed the surge to the stricter enforcement of the Online Safety Act,...

Cutting corners: When the United Kingdom began strictly enforcing age verification rules on all adult websites, many predicted a spike in VPN usage – and provider Proton now has the data to prove it. Following the July 25 expansion of the Online Safety Act, Pornhub, XHamster, and other adult websites began displaying age verification gates when accessed from UK IP addresses. Uploading a picture of well-known stock photo model András Arató (aka "Hide the Pain Harold") can pass the system's initial check, but it also requires users to open and close their mouths to prove they're real.

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