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Porn company handed record £1.3m fine by Ofcom over failures to age verify
Ofcom imposed its largest Online Safety Act fine of £1.35 million on 8579 LLC for failing to block under-18s, with further penalties possible for non-compliance.
- Ofcom announced a record £1.35m fine to 8579 LLC, pornography provider, plus £50,000 for failing to respond, marking the largest penalty under the Online Safety Act.
- Up until at least 19 November 2025, 8579 LLC failed to implement 'highly effective' age assurance on three major sites after July 2025 rules came into force.
- Ofcom tracked non-compliant sites and launched investigations soon after, with 8579 LLC among those probed and two transferred sites moved to a Seychelles-registered business.
- The decision places 8579 LLC among several recently fined providers, including Kick Online Entertainment SA fined 800,000 pounds earlier this month and others like AVS Group Ltd, Fenix International Limited, and Pornhub. Regulators continue to enforce stricter age verification measures across major platforms.
- Ofcom must implement robust methods by Monday or face additional 1,000 penalties daily; fines of 250 daily for 60 days or until it responds, under the Children's Codes and the Online Safety Act.
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Ofcom issues largest-ever Online Safety Act fine
Ofcom has issued the largest fine to date under the Online Safety Act (OSA), demanding that 8579 LLC pays £1.35m for failing to implement age verification on its pornographic sites. The regulator launched an investigation into the company, which owns dozens of adult sites, days after the OSA’s age-restricted content rules came into force in July of last year. Ofcom has determined that 8579 LLC has not introduced robust measures to prevent childr…
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