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

Progress

Current status

under investigation

20 Nov 2025 under investigation

10 Sep 2025 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers

United Kingdom

Policy Area

Consumer protection

Policy Instrument

Age verification requirement

Regulated Economic Activity

platform intermediary: user-generated content

Government Branch

executive

Government Body

other regulatory body

Implementation Level

national

Timeline of events

20 Nov 2025

under investigation

Office of Communications expanded investigation into Cyberitic's compliance with duty to provide response to notices under Online Safety Act

On 20 November 2025, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) expanded its investigation into Cyberitic, after the company failed to respond to a formal information notice issued under section 100 of the Online Safety Act on 10 September 2025. The provi…

Source

Event type investigation

Action type interim ruling

Government branch executive

Government body other regulatory body

10 Sep 2025

under deliberation

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

On 10 September 2025, the Office of Communications (Ofcom), under its enforcement programme to protect children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance, opened an investigation into Cyberitic in relation to the adult …