LONDON — U.K. media regulator Ofcom on Thursday fined Kick Online Entertainment 800,000 pounds (more than $1 million) for failing to implement age checks as required for compliance with the Online Safety Act.
As XBIZ reported last year, Ofcom investigated a number of site operators to determine whether they had “highly effective” age checks in place to prevent minors from accessing adult content.
Following its investigation, Ofcom has issued the fine for failure to comply with age check requirements between July 25 and Dec. 29, 2025.
In a statement on its website, Ofcom notes that the company has since implemented a method of age assurance that is “capable of being highly effective.”
In addition, Ofcom has fined Kick Online Entertainment 30,000 pounds (more than $40,000) for failing to respond to information requests “in an accurate, complete and timely way.”
The agency will impose a daily penalty of 200 pounds on the company until it responds, or for a period of 60 days, whichever is sooner.
In other Ofcom investigations, the agency has issued a provisional decision that Youngtek Solutions has failed to implement age checks and has failed to respond to information requests. Meanwhile, Ofcom is expanding the scope of its ongoing investigations into four other adult companies over whether they have properly responded to information requests. Those companies are Fapello, Porntrex, Sun Social Media and XXBrits.
