Clips4Sale is making me verify my age, which I understand why they want to do that, but they want me to upload a copy of my drivers license. There is no way I'm going that. Is there anyway around it?

Similar laws just came in here in the UK, and many people are using encrypted VPNs based in other countries with strong privacy laws, to get round it. Be aware that you'll only get decent speeds if you use a paid-for VPN service as free ones will rapidly get swamped by traffic.

Can you upload a redacted copy of your license? Where you black out your address, DL number, expiration date etc so all that is there is your name and birth date?

Apparently the UK and OFCOM have now started to wage a war against people who use VPNs, because I have a friend who is based in the UK and now he cannot access many adult websites from the UK, so I advised him to use a VPN, but now when he uses his VPN those adult websites he was trying to access now come back with a browser warning says "we have detected suspicious activity" so they block his access.

It seems the UK Government is building a database of all the known server IP addresses that VPNs use, and is now banning people who use VPN server addresses My UK friend is tryiing to access Reddit from the UK, but now Reddit is one of those sites affected by the new OFCOM ban. When this ban on adult sites in the UK came into effect last month the number one top selling apps in the UK were VPN apps. However, the UK gov is not only going after VPN users, they are also threatening to fine any adult websites that advertises links to VPN services.

I don't like any of these attempts to block legal adults from being able to access what is lawful adult media, but ironically, for once I actually like the approach that GoogleYoutube is taking...which is the opposite approach that UK's OCFOM is now taking.

The UK OFCOM approach is.....every person is assumed to be under age UNLESS they submit their documents to big brother. This is a violation of privacy rights and is merely a data gathering exercise by big brother.

The new Google/Youtube approach, which just went into affect is, they have a new system that uses AI to track your surfing history, and based on your surfing history their AI algorithms determine whether you are likely to be under age or not. So, Google AI is now predicting your age based on your surfing history. So if Google AI thinks you are under age then you must DISPROVE it.....but if Google AI thinks you are an Adult, then you are given a pass and you are not subject to provie your age. More here ...

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/13/tech/youtube-ai-age-verification

I don't like the idea of any entity tracking my surfing history, but at least Google's approach is "you are innocent until proven guilty" whereas the UK OFCOM restrictions are based on "everyone is guilty until they hand over their private documents to big brother and are proven innocent".

Anyway....if anyone from the UK is able to access Reddit without being forced to hand over private documents give us some tips on a workaround solution so I can pass them to my friend in UK.

Can your friend change their country they come in on? I use a VPN and sometimes I have this with sites. I change my city for a few days and then change it back to where it was and I do not get those.

Well, my friend is actually my video editor, and we like to post on Reddit. I am an expat Brit who now lives in Florida, and he is still in the UK, and I can post on Reddit, but he cannot get into Reddit from the UK now, despite using a VPN. Perhaps it makes a difference what VPN company you use, cos I use one of the top 2 premium VPN services and my VPN works all over the world,e.g. I can watch geo-blocked tv stations like BBC iPlayer and ITVX that are blocked unless you live in the UK, but my VPN gets me in from overseas via switching to a British server.

I will ask my editor what vpnN company he uses, cos maybe he was using a Free vpn app, and we all know that Free VPN apps are worthless cos they offer very slow speeds. The only way to go is with a top Premium vpn company. My vpn service is only $6.67 per month and is the best $7 I ever spent.

Paid VPN is definitely the way to go. I want to say I am paying about 100 a year for mine. I do mine 2 years at a time and can't remember what it was last time I re-upped. It was less than 80 a year.

Sounds like my grandpa (who died in 2011 but his stuff is still in the storage unit) is about to start watching a FUCKTON of porn

Before I reply, I want to make it very clear that I don't agree with how the UK government is implementing the Online Safety Act or indeed the reach of the act.

However, the UK government is not building a database of VPN IP addresses and banning people from accessing sites.

What is likely happening is that your friend is visiting a site using their VPN, but that's sharing the same IP address as countless other users. To a dumb web server, that could look like a DDoS attack, so access is blocked by the website they're visiting.

That kind of thing has always happened with VPNs, especially at the free end of the market, but it's obviously got worse recently as the VPN companies (especially the free ones) have had a huge surge in users, meaning more people sharing the same exit node.

It could also be that the VPN is providing a UK-based IP address, which means that the website will block access without valid ID from the user.

Blair's OFCOM needs to be disbanded.

I would not use any free vpn. This free one was caught taking screenshots websites that you visit:

https://cyberinsider.com/chrome-vpn-extension-with-100k-installs-screenshots-all-sites-users-visit/

If it is free, they are finding ways to sell your data, inject ads, or inject tracking cookies or pixels. I saw one vpn with a free tier stating that they serve ads and their paid premium tier has no ads. Read the privacy policy of any vpn that you use, even paid ones.

Remind me of the old net zero ISP