LONDON — U.K. media regulator Ofcom on Monday imposed a fine of 1.35 million pounds (more than $1.8 million) against adult site operator 8579 LLC 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.
In the wake of that investigation, Ofcom is fining 8579 LLC for failure to comply with age check requirements between July 25, 2025, and November 19, 2025, on the sites crazyporn.xxx, hoes.tube and love4porn.com.
In addition, the agency asserts that the site justpornflix.com continues to lack requisite age assurance measures and has given 8579 LLC until 5 p.m. GMT on Monday to implement such measures or face an additional penalty of 1,000 pounds per day.
Ofcom reports on its website that the investigation also originally included sites 4kporn.xxx and 429.xxx, but that a “possible change in provider” from 8579 LLC to Reply Buzzer Ltd. led the agency to omit findings in relation to those sites from the current decision. Ofcom has opened a separate investigation into Reply Buzzer Ltd.
Ofcom has also fined 8579 LLC an additional 50,000 pounds for failing to respond to an information request. The agency has ordered the company to provide Ofcom with a complete list of all sites that it operates, or face an additional daily penalty of 250 pounds until it responds or for 60 days, whichever is sooner.
Earlier this month, Ofcom fined Kick Online Entertainment more than $1 million for similar compliance failures.
George Lusty, Director of Enforcement at Ofcom, said: “We’ve been clear that adult sites must deploy robust age checks to protect children in the U.K. from seeing porn. Those that fail to do this — or ignore legally binding requests from us — should expect to face fines.”
