Ofcom Fines Under Online Safety Act Who Was Fined and How Much

It issued its largest penalty to date on AVS Group Ltd in December over continued non-compliance with the Online Safety Act. Cater said on Thursday Ofcom would continue its investigations into other sites under the UK's age check requirements ...

Ofcom's £1.35m fine on 8579 LLC is the largest it has levied under the Online Safety Act so far.

In November 2025, Ofcom fined Itai Tech, a company that runs a site that uses artificial intelligence to make the subjects of uploaded photographs appear nude, £50,000 for allegedly not having sufficiently rigorous age verification, plus £5,000 for not responding to information requests.

Ofcom has today fined porn company 8579 LLC £1.35m for not having age checks in place, plus £50,000 for failing to respond to an information request. Under the UK’s Online Safety Act, sites that allow pornographic material must use highly ...

Ofcom has today fined Kick Online Entertainment SA £800,000 for failing to put in place age checks to protect children from pornographic content. Under the UK’s Online Safety Act, sites that allow pornographic material must use highly effective ...

In its final (confirmation) decision, issued under section 132 OSA, the regulator concluded that Kick Online had failed to implement highly effective age assurance on the service for a defined period after the Part 3 duties took effect.

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.

LBC understands that the only organisation to have paid up is Itai Tech, which operates the "nudification" website Undress.cc. It was ordered to pay £50,000 after Ofcom found no age-assurance methods were in place.

UK communications regulator Ofcom has fined the porn company 8579 LLC £1.35 million for not installing age checks, thus not complying with the Online Safety Act.