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OnlyFans UK investigation into under-18s access dropped; response probe continues (update*)

By Frank Hersey ( February 4, 2025, 17:09 GMT | Insight) -- OnlyFans has seen two of the three strands to an investigation by the UK media regulator dropped. Last May, Ofcom began investigations into whether it was complying with duties to restrict materials to users under 18. Today it has ended its investigation into this duty and whether the company cooperated fully, but is continuing to investigate whether the platform provided acceptable responses to statutory information requests.OnlyFans has seen two of three investigations on the part of the UK media regulator dropped. Ofcom had been seeking to establish whether the platform was failing in its duties to restrict what materials users under the age of 18 could access. It has ended this line of inquiry and another on whether OnlyFans has cooperated fully, but is pursuing the third strand as to whether the platform failed to provide complete and accurate responses. There are no applicable statutory deadlines for Ofcom to complete this line of investigation, but an update is expected around March....

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