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Adult website operator fined record £1.35m by UK's Ofcom for age check failings

By Patricia Figueiredo ( February 23, 2026, 12:35 GMT | Insight) -- Adult website operator 8579 LLC has been issued a record £1.35 million fine by UK regulator Ofcom for failing to implement age checks required by the country's online safety law on several sites including crazyporn.xxx, hoes.tube, love4porn.com, and justpornflix.com. It has also opened a new investigation into another company, Reply Buzzer, which was recently listed as running several of the same websites.Adult website operator 8579 LLC has been fined a record £1.35 million ($1.71 million) by UK regulator Ofcom for failing to implement age verification methods on several pornographic sites including crazyporn.xxx, hoes.tube, love4porn.com, and justpornflix.com....

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