---
title: "People Are Using Garry's Mod to Circumvent the UK Censorship Law"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/people-are-using-garry-s-mod-to-circumvent-the-uk-censorship-law-nnnjeymlh
source_url: https://80.lv/articles/people-are-using-garry-s-mod-to-circumvent-the-uk-censorship-law/
type: article
source: "80 LEVEL"
published: 2025-07-31T03:46:44.527Z
updated: 2025-07-31T03:47:07.466Z
tags: ["privacy", "discord"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 79
comments: 13
language: en
---

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# People Are Using Garry's Mod to Circumvent the UK Censorship Law

**[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 3 min read · 79 upvotes · 13 comments

## Summary

Users are exploiting facial recognition systems by using 3D character models from Garry's Mod and other games to bypass age verification requirements imposed by the UK's Online Safety Act. The technique works on platforms like Discord and Reddit, where even heavily distorted game character faces are accepted as valid human verification. This highlights potential vulnerabilities in biometric verification systems and raises questions about the effectiveness of current age verification methods.

## Full article

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@hansthe** · 9 upvotes

> valve was ahead of their time for making models that can fool AI age verification

**@kira\_a** · 4 upvotes

> this is hilarious

**@rodlaycock** · 3 upvotes

> The UK Online Safety Act is nothing to do with keeping people safe online.
>
> Using biometric data which the government can then purchase from these companies is the whole point of it.

**@project516** · 2 upvotes

> Who ever comes up with this is insane

**@byteasf** · 1 upvotes

> lol

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