Porn company fined £600,000 by Ofcom over age check failings
Summary
Ofcom fined Youngtek Solutions Ltd £600,000 for not having proper age checks on its adult websites to stop children in the UK from accessing porn. The company did not follow UK rules between July and September 2025 but started using age verification after Ofcom’s warning.Key Facts
- Youngtek Solutions Ltd runs four adult websites without proper age checks during July-September 2025.
- Ofcom fined the company £500,000 for the age verification failure and £100,000 for not responding to information requests.
- UK law requires online porn sites to have strong age checks to prevent access by children, starting July 2025, under the Online Safety Act (OSA).
- Ofcom can fine companies up to £18 million or 10% of their revenue and block non-compliant sites in serious cases.
- Other porn companies have also received fines recently: £1 million to AVS Group Ltd, £800,000 to Kick Online Entertainment SA, and £1.35 million to 8579 LLC.
- By January, 77 of the top 100 UK pornography sites had added age verification.
- Ofcom emphasizes its commitment to using full enforcement powers to protect children online.
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