Ofcom imposed a fine of £1,000,000 as each of the AVS Group websites either: did not implement any age assurance measures; or implemented measures that were not highly effective at determining whether a user was a child. In particular, AVS Group Ltd deployed a photo upload check on its services that does not include liveness detection and as such is vulnerable to circumvention by children (for example, by uploading a photo of an adult).

Ofcom concluded that the platform failed to use highly effective age assurance to protect children from encountering pornographic content. As a result, Ofcom has imposed a fine of £50,000. An additional £5,000 penalty has been levied on the company on account of its failure to comply with a statutory information request.

Ofcom is nvestigating whether the provider of www.xxbrits.com (‘XXBrits’) has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to prevent children from encountering pornographic content on its service through the use of highly effective age assurance.

Ofcom is investigating whether the provider of www.porntrex.com (‘Porntrex’) has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to prevent children from encountering pornographic content on its service through the use of highly effective age assurance.

Ofcom is investigating whether the provider of hqporner.com (‘Hqporner’) has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to prevent children from encountering pornographic content on its service through the use of highly effective age assurance.

Ofcom is investigating whether the provider of fapello.com (‘Fapello’) has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to prevent children from encountering pornographic content on its service through the use of highly effective age assurance.

Ofcom is investigating whether Sun Social Media Inc has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to prevent children from encountering pornographic content on its service through the use of highly effective age assurance.

Ofcom determined that 4chan breached its duty under section 102(8)(a) of the Act to comply with a statutory request for information, on two separate occasions. As a result, they are imposing a penalty of £20,000 on 4chan.

Ofcom is investigating ZD Media s.r.o. has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to prevent children from encountering pornographic content on its service through the use of highly effective age assurance.

Ofcom is investigating whether Youngtek Solutions Ltd has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to prevent children from encountering pornographic content on its service through the use of highly effective age assurance.

On 10 September 2025, Ofcom issued a formal information notice to Youngtek Solutions Ltd under section 100 of the Online Safety Act. As at the date of this announcement, they have not received a response to the information notice. Ofcom has therefore expanded this investigation to include considering whether Youngtek Solutions Ltd has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duty to respond accurately to an information notice sent under the Act.

Ofcom is investigating whether Web Prime Inc has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to prevent children from encountering pornographic content on its service through the use of highly effective age assurance.

Ofcom is investigating whether the provider of www.xgroovy.com has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to prevent children from encountering pornographic content on its service through the use of highly effective age assurance.

On 20 November, Ofcom expanded the scope of the investigation to assess whether the platform also failed to adequately respond to Ofcom’s formal requests for information.

Ofcom is investigating whether Cyberitic, LLC has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to prevent children from encountering pornographic content on its service through the use of highly effective age assurance.

On 20 November, Ofcom expanded the scope of the investigation to assess whether the platform also failed to adequately respond to Ofcom’s formal requests for information.

Ofcom is investigating whether Trendio Ltd has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to prevent children from encountering pornographic content on its service through the use of highly effective age assurance.

Ofcom is investigating whether Kick Online Entertainment S.A has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to prevent children from encountering pornographic content on its service through the use of highly effective age assurance.

On 20 November, Ofcom provisionally determined that the platforms is in breach of section 12 and 102(8) of the OSA

Ofcom is investigating whether Duplanto Ltd has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to prevent children from encountering pornographic content on its service through the use of highly effective age assurance.

Ofcom is investigating whether AVS Group Ltd has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to prevent children from encountering pornographic content on its service through the use of highly effective age assurance.

On 13 October, Ofcom provisionally determined that AVS Group Ltd has failed, and is failing, to comply with section 12 of the Online Safety Act. Section 12 imposes a duty on providers of services to ensure that children are prevented from encountering pornographic content through the use of highly effective age assurance. The notice also sets out our provisional view that AVS Group Ltd has infringed its duties under section 102(8) of the Act by failing to respond to a statutory request for information issued as part of the investigation.

Ofcom is investigating whether 8579 LLC has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to prevent children from encountering pornographic content on its service through the use of highly effective age assurance.

On 11 September 2025, Ofcom expanded this investigation to include considering whether 8579 LLC has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duty to respond accurately to an information notice sent under the Act. In addition, they added two further adult services operated by 8579 LLC (www.justpornflix.com and www.429.xxx) to the scope of our investigation in to whether 8579 LLC has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duties under section 12 of the Act. On 20 November, Ofcom preliminary found the platform in breach of sections 12 and 102(8).

Ofcom is investigating whether the service failed to: respond to a statutory information request; complete a suitable and sufficient illegal content risk assessment; make and keep a record of this assessment; and comply with the safety duties about illegal content which apply in relation to regulated user-to-user services.

Ofcom is investigating whether the service failed to: respond to a statutory information request; complete a suitable and sufficient illegal content risk assessment; make and keep a record of this assessment; and comply with the safety duties about illegal content which apply in relation to regulated user-to-user services.

Ofcom is investigating whether the service failed to: respond to a statutory information request; complete a suitable and sufficient illegal content risk assessment; make and keep a record of this assessment; and comply with the safety duties about illegal content which apply in relation to regulated user-to-user services.

Ofcom is investigating whether the services failed to: respond to a statutory information request; complete a suitable and sufficient illegal content risk assessment; make and keep a record of this assessment; and comply with the safety duties about illegal content which apply in relation to regulated user-to-user services.

Ofcom is investigating whether the service failed to: respond to a statutory information request; complete a suitable and sufficient illegal content risk assessment; make and keep a record of this assessment; and comply with the safety duties about illegal content which apply in relation to regulated user-to-user services.

Ofcom is investigating whether the service failed to: respond to a statutory information request; complete a suitable and sufficient illegal content risk assessment; make and keep a record of this assessment; and comply with the safety duties about illegal content which apply in relation to regulated user-to-user services.

Ofcom is investigating whether this service failed to: respond to a statutory information request; complete a suitable and sufficient illegal content risk assessment; make and keep a record of this assessment; and comply with the safety duties about illegal content which apply in relation to regulated user-to-user services.

On 13 October, Ofcom considers that there are reasonable grounds for believing the provider of this service has contravened its duties under section 102(8) of the Act to comply with two requests for information.

Ofcom is investigating whether First Time Videos LLC has failed/is failing to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to protect children from encountering pornographic content through the use of highly effective age assurance.

Ofcom is investigating potential breaches in: Failure to respond to a statutory information request; failure to complete and keep a record of a suitable and sufficient illegal content risk assessment; and non-compliance with the safety duties about illegal content. In August 2025, Ofcom preliminary found the platform in breach of the OSA for not answering requests of information.

On 13 August, Ofcom issued 4chan Community Support LLC with a provisional notice of contravention. Ofcom is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing the provider has contravened its duties under section 102(8) of the Act to comply with two requests for information.

Ofcom is investigating if Kick has complied with its duties to: Carry out an illegal content risk assessment of Motherless, as required by section 9 of the Act, and make and keep a written record, in an easily understandable form, of all aspects of every illegal content risk assessment, including details about how the assessment was carried out and its findings.

Ofcom is investigating whether Kick has failed to comply with the requirements of a statutory information notice.

Ofcom is investigating whether Score Internet Group LLC has failed/is failing to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to protect children from encountering pornographic content through the use of highly effective age assurance.

On 24 June, Ofcom closed the investigation as in response to the investigation, Score Internet Group LLC have taken steps to implement highly effective age assurance to ensure compliance with their duties under Part 5 of the OSA.

Ofcom is investigating whether the service has failed/is failing to comply with its duties to protect children from encountering pornographic content through the use of highly effective age assurance.

On 11 September 2025, Ofcom expanded the scope of the investigation to assess the failure of the platform to respond to Ofcom’s information notice.