United Kingdom: Office of Communications fined 8579 LLC GBP 1.4 million over failure to implement age assurance measures to prevent children from accessing pornographic content under Online Safety Act
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Office of Communications fined 8579 LLC GBP 1.4 million over failure to implement age assurance measures to prevent children from accessing pornographic content under Online Safety Act
On 23 February 2026, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) imposed fines totalling GBP 1.4 million on 8579 LLC under section 132 of the Online Safety Act. The penalties comprise GBP 1.35 million for a breach of section 12 and GBP 50,000 for a breach …
Scope
Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
Age verification requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, other service provider
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2025-07-31
under deliberation
2025-09-11
under investigation
2025-11-19
under investigation