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Porn site operator fined £1m in UK starts implementing age checks within a week

By Frank Hersey ( December 11, 2025, 15:46 GMT | Insight) -- Pornography website operator AVS Group has begun to install age assurance checks for UK users, a week after it was fined £1 million by the country's online safety watchdog for a failure to do so as required by the Online Safety Act. Ofcom confirmed* that AVS would also be charged a daily penalty "unless and until we are satisfied they have made changes across all relevant sites.”Pornography website operator AVS Group has begun to install age assurance checks in the UK, a week after it was fined by the country's online safety watchdog for a failure to do so.    ...

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