United Kingdom: Closed Ofcom investigation following implementation of age verification measures on SoSpoilt and Xpanded Platforms
Description
Closed Ofcom investigation following implementation of age verification measures on SoSpoilt and Xpanded Platforms
On 8 March 2024, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) announced that following inquiries, the platforms SoSpoilt and Xpanded implemented measures for preventing children from accessing pornographic content hosted on their sites. Both platforms, whic…
Scope
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Age verification requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
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2023-01-10
under deliberation
2023-06-15
under deliberation
2023-12-18
under deliberation