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Verified, One More Step or Verified, Thank You For Your Compliance, is an exploitable redraw meme format where a character scans their face through a face ID application and is verified, then is told by the application that there is "one more step," prompting them to lift their shirt and flash the camera. The original meme, featuring Hatsune Miku, was posted on X / Twitter by Filipino artist Khyleri in late October 2025. It inspired redraws that month and continued to inspire memes over the following months.

Origin

On October 20th, 2025, X^[1] user @khyleri posted a two-panel meme that gained over 302,000 likes and 14,000 reposts in four months. The first panel of the meme shows Hatsune Miku holding her face up to a face ID scanning app. The app verifies her, showing the message, "Verified thank you for your compliance." In the second panel, the app tells Miku, "One more step!" and displays a prompt urging her to lift her shirt.

Spread

The meme became the subject of edits and redraws after it was posted in October 2025.

For example, on October 21st, 2026, X^[2] user @FilianHistorian posted a version of the meme replacing Hatsune Miku with VTuber Filian, garnering over 4,100 likes in four months.

That day, X^[3] user @ilvgonn posted a version replacing Miku with the Hunter x Hunter character Gon, garnering over 5,800 likes in four months.

On October 23rd, Redditor u/Angie_Is_Very_Bored posted a version of the meme to the /r/Mouthwashing subreddit,^[4] garnering over 400 upvotes in four months.

On November 6th, X^[5] user @nyantation posted a version of the meme that features the My Hero Academia character Himiko Toga, garnering over 5,200 likes in three months.

On November 9th, YouTuber^[6] SparkeyJinJin posted an animation based on the meme, garnering over 3.4 million views in three months.

On January 30th, 2026, Redditor u/tddcghnn posted a version of the meme to the /r/furinamains^[7] Genshin Impact subreddit, garnering over 3,700 upvotes in two weeks.

On February 12th, X^[8] user @RealKing_Ravan reposted the original version of the meme, garnering over 15,000 likes in under a day.

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