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Ofcom fines porn site provider £630,000 over failed age checks
Ofcom fined porn site operator Fapello £630,000 for failing to implement age verification checks required under UK law since July 2025. The regulator is actively enforcing compliance across adult content providers, with multiple fines issued and new investigations underway.
The Wire takeaway
If you operate a user-gated platform in the UK serving any adult content, age verification is now a £600k-minimum compliance cost with no safe exemption—and Ofcom is actively investigating methods that don't pass their "highly effective" bar. You need a supplier or build it yourself by this week, or you're next.
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Topics: age-verification · online-safety · uk-regulation · enforcement · compliance-cost