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

Progress

Current status
under investigation
11 Feb 2026 under investigation
19 Nov 2025 under investigation
28 Aug 2025 under investigation
31 Jul 2025 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
United Kingdom
Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
Age verification requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
other service provider
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

11 Feb 2026
under investigation

Office of Communications fined Kick GBP 830'000 over non compliance with age assurance and statutory information request with a conditional GBP 200 daily rate penalty

On 11 February 2026, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) issued a confirmation decision under Section 132 of the Online Safety Act 2023 against Kick Online Entertainment. The decision found that from 25 July 2025 to 29 December 2025, Kick failed to…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type interim ruling
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body
19 Nov 2025
under investigation

Office of Communications issued provisional determination against Kick Online Entertainment over failure to implement age assurance measures to prevent children from accessing pornographic content

On 19 November 2025, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) issued a provisional notice of contravention to Kick Online Entertainment under section 12 of the Online Safety Act, which requires services offering pornographic content to use effective age…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type interim ruling
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body
28 Aug 2025
under investigation

Office of Communications expanded investigation into Kick Online Entertainment's compliance with age assurance obligations under Online Safety Act

On 28 August 2025, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) expanded its investigation into Kick Online Entertainment S.A. following the company’s failure to respond to a formal information notice issued on 30 July 2025 under Section 100 of the Online S…

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 Kick Online Entertainment's compliance with age assurance obligations under Online Safety Act

On 31 July 2025, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) opened an investigation into Kick Online Entertainment S.A. to assess the implementation of mandatory age assurance controls under the Online Safety Act. The investigation focuses on whether the …

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