Porn company fined £600,000 by Ofcom over age check failings
Ofcom has imposed a £600,000 fine on Youngtek Solutions Ltd for failing to implement adequate age verification measures on its adult websites. The company did not comply with the UK's Online Safety Act, which mandates effective age checks to prevent children from accessing adult content. Although Youngtek has since introduced verification, the fine reflects its previous non-compliance and lack of response to regulatory requests.
- ▪Youngtek Solutions Ltd was fined £600,000 by Ofcom for age verification failures.
- ▪The fine included £500,000 for the lack of age checks and £100,000 for not responding to Ofcom's requests.
- ▪Since the introduction of the Online Safety Act, Ofcom has fined several adult websites for similar violations.
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Porn company fined £600,000 by Ofcom over age check failingsJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleLaura CressTechnology reporterGetty ImagesOfcom has fined a porn company £600,000 for failing to introduce proper age verification measures on its websites.The media regulator said Youngtek Solutions Ltd, which runs four adult sites, did not have age checks to ensure UK visitors were over 18 and prevent children from accessing the content.Ofcom said the company has since brought in verification - but was not complying with its rules between July and September 2025.The firm was fined £500,000 for the lack of age checks, plus a further £100,000 for not initially responding to Ofcom's information requests.Since July 2025, platforms operating in the UK that allow pornography are required to…
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