Major tech companies have begun tightening age verification processes. Meta uses facial recognition to confirm age, requiring users to submit video selfies or government-issued IDs. Snapchat mandates IDs like passports or driver’s licenses and introduced facial recognition-based age estimation. TikTok has implemented similar policies. However, teenagers claim to have already found ways to bypass these systems. Parents across Australia reported to media outlets that children are successfully deceiving facial recognition software by drawing wrinkles, mustaches, or fake eyelashes or applying heavy makeup to appear older.