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United Kingdom: Office of Communications investigation into 8579 LLC's compliance with age assurance obligations under Online Safety Act

Progress

Current status
under investigation
11 Sep 2025 under investigation
31 Jul 2025 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
United Kingdom
Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
Age verification requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
other service provider
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

11 Sep 2025
under investigation

Office of Communications expanded investigation into 8579 LLC's compliance with age assurance obligations under Online Safety Act to include two further adult services

On 11 September 2025, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) expanded its formal investigation into the compliance of 8579 LLC with the Online Safety Act 2023 to include two further adult services operated by 8579 LLC, namely JustPornFlix and 429.xxx,…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type interim ruling
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body
31 Jul 2025
under deliberation

Office of Communications opened investigation into 8579 LLC's compliance with age assurance obligations under Online Safety Act

On 31 July 2025, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) opened a formal investigation into the compliance of 8579 LLC with the new age assurance requirements introduced under the Online Safety Act. The investigation concerns the operation of pornograp…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body