Porn provider pays UK age-checks fine as regulator issues more breach notices
By Imogen Howse ( September 30, 2026, 16:05 GMT | Insight) -- Pornography provider First Time Videos has paid an £80,000 fine and blocked access for UK users after online safety regulator Ofcom found it had breached its Online Safety Act duty to use highly effective age assurance to stop children encountering pornographic content. The watchdog also issued provisional breach notices to Web Prime and the provider of Porntrex; it also published a non-confidential version of its decision against the provider of xgroovy.com.Pornography provider First Time Videos has paid a fine and blocked UK users from its sites, the country's online safety regulator said on Wednesday as it closed an investigation into the company’s age checks....
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