United Kingdom: 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 Safety Act 2023. The scope of the investigation now covers whether the provider has failed, or is failing, to comply with its statutory duty to respond accurately to such information notices, in addition to the original investigation, opened on 31 July 2025, into the adequacy of its age assurance measures under Section 12 of the Act. This investigation addresses the deployment of highly effective age assurance systems across Kick Online Entertainment S.A.’s pornography services, which form part of a group of 34 services contributing collectively to more than 9 million unique monthly United Kingdom visitors, with statutory obligations applying from 25 July 2025.