Age Verification System Fooled By Fake Moustache In Online Safety Test
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The article summarizes a May 2026 Internet Matters survey and anecdotal incidents showing that many children can circumvent online age-verification measures—using low-tech tricks (a drawn moustache), fake dates of birth, borrowed adult accounts, facial-spoofing, and VPNs—highlighting both the limits of current technical protections under the UK Online Safety Act and privacy concerns from widespread ID/biometric collection.
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