LONDON — Dec 4 (GeokHub) A major adult-content provider has been fined £1 million by Britain’s media regulator for failing to enforce robust age verification measures, under new online safety rules aimed at protecting minors. The same company received an additional £50,000 penalty for failing to respond to the regulator’s formal information requests.
The provider operates multiple adult websites that attract heavy traffic, and the regulator judged that its existing age-verification checks did not meet the required “highly effective” standard. As a result, the company has been ordered to implement proper age-assurance systems within 72 hours — or face a daily fine of £1,000 until compliance.
The enforcement is part of the UK’s broader application of the Online Safety Act, which requires adult-content platforms to use reliable age-verification — such as document checks or verified ID — to prevent under-18s from accessing explicit material.
Regulators say the move sends a clear warning: websites hosting adult content must comply quickly or face severe financial penalties. Parents and child-safety advocates have welcomed the decision as a step toward limiting minors’ access to inappropriate content online.
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