Age Verification???

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TLDR: I'm in korea (not a resident, just stationed here) and I'm trying to look up "adult content" (was looking up a name from an Ifunny meme and was curious) as google put it. I have a VPN active and set to the US but google is still trying to get me to verify my age for korean reasons. Tried to verify to make life easier and it won't accept my US number and says it's invalid. Tried contacting Google support but the call center is closed apparently. Any clue how to deal with this annoying situation? It won't let me look up anything deemed violent either so it's not just porn stuff. Tried to find chainsaw man art and it blocked that too. This is hella annoying because it's just google. My VPN works fine for all my apps like Disney+, Netflix, crunchyroll etc. Google just isn't having it and I don't want to be forced to get a korean number I'll never use otherwise.

susann · Answer

The "violent" filter is a separate thing from the adult content gate. That's Korea's game rating law, it applies to all search engines and even news sites, so a VPN won't dodge it. You're right that it's annoying, but that one's pretty much locked down unless you verify with a local ID.

For the adult stuff specifically, the quickest fix is switching your Google account country to the US in the search settings page while the VPN is on, then clearing all cookies and search history before you try again. If that still flags you, skip Google entirely and use Bing or Startpage with your VPN, they don't run Korea's verification system. Also worth noting, the US military PX wifi or the base network sometimes routes through a different backbone that avoids the Korean gate entirely, if you have access to that it's a workaround that costs nothing.

ernasteinmann · Answer

yeah google's korea age gate is brutal, it checks your IP and your google account country settings separately. your VPN masks the IP but if your google account is still set to korea or has korean cookies cached, it'll keep flagging you. clear your browser data completely, then log into google with the VPN on and switch your account region to US in settings. that usually fixes it.

if that doesn't work, just use a different search engine. naver and daum are the big local ones but they're korean only. honestly just use bing or duckduckgo with the VPN, they don't pull that verification nonsense. for the violent stuff, that's korean law, not google's choice. they have to filter it here, so no search engine will show graphic content without a verified korean ID. that part you're stuck on unless you get a korean phone number or a friend's korean id to verify with.

Crystal · Answer

try switching your google account country in the settings while the vpn is on, that's what fixed it for a buddy of mine. also make sure your phone's location services are off, google might be using that to figure out where you are. if it still won't budge, honestly just use bing or duckduckgo for the adult stuff, they don't care. the violent filter is korean law though, no way around that one without a local id.

kristinekress · Answer

ngl your best bet might be just making a fresh google account while on the VPN, like a brand new one with no korean history attached. your current one prob has too much cached location data from before. also check if your phone's GPS is on, that leaks your real location to google even with the VPN up. or just give up on google for this and use a direct site like nhentai or something, they don't ask for verification.

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