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
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

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