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Duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to protect children from encountering pornographic content through the use of highly effective age assurance.
16 January 2025
From time to time Ofcom may open a programme of work, or “enforcement programme”, to examine a problem or concern that relates to a particular group of stakeholders, or to a whole sector.
One of our priorities for the new Online Safety regime is to promote the implementation of robust age assurance by adult services, so that children are protected from pornographic content.
Sections 12 and 81 of the Online Safety Act 2023.
Youngtek Solutions Ltd – Confirmation Decision
On 26 May 2026, we issued a Confirmation Decision to Youngtek Solutions Ltd (‘Youngtek Solutions’) (the provider of empflix.com, imagefap.com, moviefap.com, and TNAflix.com), in respect of our investigation into its compliance with section 12 of the Online Safety Act 2023 (‘the Act’). Section 12 requires providers to prevent children from encountering pornographic content on their service through the use of highly effective age assurance.
We have found that, from 25 July 2025 to 22 September 2025, Youngtek Solutions failed to comply with section 12 of the Act. In respect of that contravention, we are imposing a penalty on Youngtek Solutions of £500,000.
We have also found that Youngtek Solutions has failed to comply with its duty under section 102(8) of the Act to respond to a request for information. In respect of that contravention, we are imposing a penalty on Youngtek Solutions of £100,000.
These penalties were set having regard to our Penalty Guidelines.
The investigation bulletin page for Youngtek Solutions can be found here.
Reply Buzzer Ltd – scope expansion
On 19 March 2026, Ofcom issued Reply Buzzer Ltd with a formal information notice under section 100 of the Act, to which it was required to respond by the deadline specified in the notice. As at the date of this announcement, Reply Buzzer Ltd has not provided a response to the information notice.
Ofcom has therefore expanded the scope of its investigation into Reply Buzzer Ltd to include consideration of whether it has failed, or is failing, to comply with the requirements of an information notice issued to Reply Buzzer Ltd under the Act. The bulletin for this investigation can be found here.
Further investigations opened
On 12 May 2026, we opened investigations into the providers of pimpbunny.com and kemono.cr.
We are investigating whether each of these providers have failed, or are failing to, comply with the duties under section 12 of the Online Safety Act (‘the Act’) to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of highly effective age assurance, in relation to each regulated service they operate.
The bulletin for each investigation can be found below:
We will provide updates on these investigations in due course.
Update on existing investigations
Provider of Fapello.com – Provisional Decision
On 12 May 2026, we issued a provisional notice of contravention to the provider of the adult service fapello.com, in respect of our investigation into its compliance with section 12 of the Act.
This notice sets out our provisional view that we have reasonable grounds to believe that the provider of fapello.com has failed to comply with its duty to use highly effective age assurance to ensure that children are prevented from encountering pornographic content.
We have also provisionally found that the provider of fapello.com has failed, and is failing, to comply with its duty under section 102(8) of the Act to respond to a request for information.
The investigation bulletin page can be found here.
Provider of Xgroovy.com – scope expansion
On 19 November 2025, Ofcom expanded the scope of our investigation into the provider of www.xgroovy.com (`Xgroovy’), to include consideration of whether Xgroovy had failed to comply with the requirements of an information notice issued on 23 September 2025.
Following correspondence with Xgroovy, Ofcom did not proceed at that time with the expanded scope.
On 30 March 2026, Ofcom reissued the formal information notice to Xgroovy, under section 100 of the Act, using the updated contact details provided by Xgroovy. Xgroovy was required to respond to that notice by the deadline specified in the notice, but did not do so. As at the time of this announcement, Xgroovy has not provided a response.
Ofcom has therefore expanded the scope of this investigation to include consideration of whether Xgroovy has failed, or is failing to comply with the requirements of an information notice re-issued on 30 March 2026 under the Act. The bulletin for this investigation can be found here.
Update on existing investigation – provisional notice of contravention
First Time Videos LLC
On 30 March 2026, we issued a provisional notice of contravention to First Time Videos LLC (‘First Time Videos’), as the provider of ftvgirls.com and ftvmilfs.com, in respect of our investigation into its compliance with section 81 of the Online Safety Act 2023 (‘the Act’).
This notice sets out our provisional view that we have reasonable grounds to believe that First Time Videos has failed to comply with its duty to use highly effective age assurance to ensure that children do not normally encounter pornographic content, as required by section 81 of the Act.
Full details of the investigation can be found here.
Update on existing investigations – non-confidential Confirmation Decisions
8579 LLC and Kick Online Entertainment S.A.
Today we have published a non-confidential version of:
- The Confirmation Decision we issued to 8579 LLC on 20 February 2026 under the Act.
- The Confirmation Decision we issued to Kick Online Entertainment SA on 11 February 2026 under the Act.
The Decisions concern our investigations into both providers’ compliance with Section 12 of the Act to prevent children from encountering pornographic content on their services through the use of highly effective age assurance, and Section 102(8) of the Act, to respond to a request for information.
Full details of the 8579 LLC investigation can be found here and full details of the Kick Online Entertainment S.A. investigation can be found here.
Update on existing investigations – scope expansion
Web Prime Inc
On 18 February 2026, we issued Web Prime Inc with a formal information notice, which it was required to respond to, under section 102(8) of the Act. Web Prime Inc has not responded within the timeframe specified in the notice and, as at the date of this announcement, has not provided a response.
We have therefore expanded the scope of the investigation into Web Prime Inc to include considering whether it has failed, or is failing to act, in accordance with the requirements of an information notice. The bulletin for this investigation can be found here.
Update on existing investigation – case closure
Duplanto Ltd
On 30 March 2026, we closed our investigation into Duplanto Ltd in relation to the adult site www.pornhaven.ai.
We opened an investigation on 30 July 2025 due to concerns that Duplanto Ltd had not implemented highly effective age assurance measures to prevent children from encountering pornographic content on its adult service, by the deadline of 25 July 2025, as required by the Act.
Shortly following the duties coming into force, Duplanto Ltd restricted access to its service for people with UK IP addresses, reducing the likelihood that children in the UK will be exposed to pornographic content present on its service, meaning safer online experiences for them. Having reviewed all aspects of the investigation, we consider that it is no longer an administrative priority to pursue enforcement action, in line with our general approach to enforcement, as set out in our Online Safety Enforcement Guidance.
We have closed our investigation without making any findings as to Duplanto Ltd’s compliance with its duties. Duplanto Ltd remains subject to obligations under the Act and Ofcom will continue to monitor the service. Should new concerns arise, we may revisit our decision.
Update on existing investigation – 8579 LLC
On 20 February 2026, we issued a Confirmation Decision to 8579 LLC (the provider of crazyporn.xxx, love4porn.com, hoes.tube, and justpornflix.com), in respect of our investigation into its compliance with section 12 of the Online Safety Act (‘the Act’). Section 12 requires services to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of highly effective age assurance.
The scope of our investigation originally also included the services 4kporn.xxx and 429.xxx. However, following a possible change in provider prior to Ofcom issuing its Provisional Decision – from 8579 LLC to Reply Buzzer Ltd – we have not made findings in relation to either site in our final decision.
We have found that, from 25 July 2025, 8579 LLC failed to comply with section 12 of the Act and this failure is ongoing in relation to one of the services it operates.
In respect of that contravention, we are imposing:
- a penalty on 8579 LLC of £1,350,000; and
- a requirement to comply with section 12 by taking steps to implement highly effective age assurance on justpornflix.com by 5pm GMT on 23 February 2026. Should 8579 LLC fail to comply with this requirement, a daily rate penalty of £1,000 per day will be imposed, starting from 23 February 2026 until the section 12 duty is complied with, or 3 June 2026, whichever is sooner.
We have also found that 8579 LLC has failed to comply with its duty under section 102(8) of the Act to respond to a request for information and we are imposing:
- a penalty on 8579 LLC of £50,000; and
- a requirement to take immediate steps to provide Ofcom with a complete list of all pornographic sites that it operates. Should 8579 LLC fail to comply with this requirement, a daily rate penalty of £250 per day will be imposed, starting from 21 February 2026 until the section 102(8) duty is complied with, or 22 April 2026, whichever is sooner.
These penalties were set having regard to our Penalty Guidelines.
Further details of the 8579 LLC investigation can be found here.
New investigation opened – Reply Buzzer Ltd
On 20 February 2026 we have opened an investigation into Reply Buzzer Ltd, in relation to the adult services 4kporn.xxx, crazyporn.xxx, hoes.tube, and love4porn.com. These services were previously operated by 8579 LLC before a change in provider was recorded in the terms of service.
On 11 February 2026 we identified that the provider named in the terms of service for 4kporn.xxx, crazyporn.xxx, hoes.tube, and love4porn.com had changed. These sites now list Reply Buzzer Ltd as the provider. 429.xxx, which had previously also been operated by 8579 LLC, is not currently active.
Ofcom is concerned that Reply Buzzer Ltd may not have implemented highly effective age assurance measures to prevent children from encountering pornographic content on its services, as required under section 12 of the Act.
Ofcom’s investigation will examine whether there are reasonable grounds to believe that this company has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duties under sections 12 of the Act, including its obligation to protect children from encountering pornographic content through the use of highly effective age assurance.
The bulletin for this investigation can be found here.
Update on existing investigation – Confirmation Decision
Kick Online Entertainment S.A.
On 11 February 2026, we issued a Confirmation Decision to Kick Online Entertainment S.A. (‘Kick Online’) (the provider of motherless.com).
We are imposing a penalty on the provider for failures to comply with:
- section 12 of the Online Safety Act 2023 (‘the Act’), which requires services to ensure children are prevented from encountering pornographic content through the use of highly effective age assurance; and
- section 102(8) of the Act, by failing to respond to a request for information.
The penalty imposed was set having regard to our Penalty Guidelines.
We have found that, between 25 July and 29 December 2025, Kick Online did not comply with section 12 of the Act. In respect of that contravention, we are imposing:
- a penalty on Kick Online of £800,000 in respect of the contravention of section 12.
After Ofcom issued a Provisional Decision to Kick Online, it implemented a method of age assurance that is capable of being highly effective.
We have also found that Kick Online has failed to comply with its duty under section 102(8) of the Act and we are imposing:
- a penalty on Kick Online of £30,000 in respect of the contravention of section 102(8); and
- a requirement to take immediate steps to provide Ofcom with a complete list of all pornographic sites that it operates. Should Kick Online fail to comply with this requirement, a daily rate penalty of £200 per day will be imposed starting from 12 February 2026 until the section 102(8) duty is complied with, or 13 April 2026, whichever is sooner.
Full details of the investigation can be found here.
Update on existing investigation – Provisional Decision
Youngtek Solutions Ltd
On 11 February 2026, we issued a Provisional Decision to Youngtek Solutions Ltd, as the provider of imagefap.com, empflix.com, moviefap.com, pornrepublic.com and TNAflix.com, in respect of our investigation into its compliance with section 12 of the Act.
This notice sets out our provisional view that we have reasonable grounds to believe that Youngtek Solutions Ltd has failed to comply with its duty to use highly effective age assurance to ensure that children are prevented from encountering pornographic content.
We have also provisionally found that Youngtek Solutions Ltd has failed, and is failing, to comply with its duty under section 102(8) of the Act to respond to a request for information.
Further details can be found here.
Update on existing investigations – scope expansions
Fapello
On 12 December 2025, Ofcom issued the provider of fapello.com ('Fapello’) with a formal information notice, which it was required to respond to, under section 100 of the Act. As at the date of this announcement, Fapello has not provided a full response to the information notice.
We have therefore expanded the scope of the investigation into Fapello to include considering whether it has failed to act in accordance with the requirements of an information notice. The bulletin for this investigation can be found here.
Porntrex
On 17 December 2025, Ofcom issued the provider of porntrex.com and porntrex.tv (‘Porntrex’) with a formal information notice, which it was required to respond to, under section 100 of the Act. As at the date of this announcement, Porntrex has not provided a response to the information notice.
We have therefore expanded the scope of the investigation into Porntrex to include considering whether it has failed to act in accordance with the requirements of an information notice. The bulletin for this investigation can be found here.
Sun Social Media Inc.
On 23 December 2025, Ofcom issued Sun Social Media Inc. with a formal information notice, which it was required to respond to, under section 100 of the Act. As at the date of this announcement, Sun Social Media Inc. has not provided a response to the information notice.
We have therefore expanded the scope of the investigation into Sun Social Media Inc. to include considering whether it has failed to act in accordance with the requirements of an information notice. The bulletin for this investigation can be found here.
XXBrits
On 11 December 2025, Ofcom issued the provider of: xxbrits.com; xxbrits.co.uk; xxbrits.to; xxbrits.su; xxbrits.st; xxbrits.win; xxbrits.ch; xxbrits.party; xxbrits.tube; xxbrits.cr; xxbrits.ru; xxbrits.mx; xxbrits.tv; and xxbrits.lol (‘XXBrits’) with a formal information notice, which it was required to respond to, under section 100 of the Act. As at the date of this announcement, XXBrits has not provided a response to the information notice.
We have therefore expanded the scope of this investigation into XXBrits to include considering whether it has failed to act in accordance with the requirements of an information notice. The bulletin for this investigation can be found here.
New investigation opened
Today we have opened an investigation into Novi Ltd, (in relation to the Gen AI site, Joi.com). Ofcom is concerned that the provider may not have implemented highly effective age assurance measures to prevent children from encountering pornographic content on its service, as required under section 12 of the Online Safety Act 2023 (‘the Act’). Ofcom is also concerned that the provider may have failed to comply with its duties under section 36 of the Act to carry out and retain a written record of a children’s access assessment.
Ofcom’s investigation will examine whether there are reasonable grounds to believe that this company has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duties under sections 12 and 36 of the Act, including its obligation to protect children from encountering pornographic content through the use of highly effective age assurance.
The bulletin for this investigation can be found here.
Update on existing investigations
AVS Group Ltd
Ofcom has today published a non-confidential version of the Confirmation Decision that we issued to AVS Group Ltd on 3 December 2025 under the Act.
The Decision concerns our investigation into AVS Group Ltd’s compliance with its duties to prevent children from encountering pornographic content on its websites through the use of highly effective age assurance, and to respond to a request for information.
The bulletin for this investigation can be found here.
First Time Videos LLC
On 12 December 2025, Ofcom issued a formal information notice to First Time Videos LLC under section 100 of the Act. As at the date of this announcement, we have not received a response to the information notice. Ofcom has therefore now expanded this investigation to include considering whether First Time Videos LLC has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duty to respond accurately to an information notice sent under the Act.
The bulletin for this investigation can be found here.
Sun Social Media Inc.
We have added one further adult service operated by Sun Social Media Inc. (pornflip.com) to the scope of our investigation into whether Sun Social Media Inc. has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duties under section 12 of the Act, to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of highly effective age assurance. If we identify any further adult services operated by Sun Social Media Inc. that fall within the scope of the Act, we may expand the investigation to include those services.
The bulletin for this investigation can be found here.
Itai Tech Ltd
Ofcom has today published the non-confidential version of the Confirmation Decision that we issued to Itai Tech Ltd on 20 November 2025 in relation to its failure to comply with section 81 of the Act and its failure to comply with a statutory information request.
The Decision concerns our investigation into Itai Tech Ltd’s compliance with its duties to ensure, through the use of highly effective age verification or age estimation (or both), that children are not normally able to encounter content that is regulated provider pornographic content, and to respond to a request for information.
In response to our investigation, Itai Tech Ltd has implemented a block to restrict users with UK IP addresses from accessing its service. Itai Tech Ltd has paid the penalty set out in the Confirmation Decision. This investigation is now closed.
Itai Tech Ltd remains subject to obligations under the Online Safety Act 2023 and Ofcom will continue to monitor the service.
The bulletin for this investigation can be found here.
AVS Group Ltd – Confirmation Decision
On 3 December 2025, we issued a Confirmation Decision to AVS Group Ltd in respect of our investigation into its compliance with section 12 of the Act, which requires services to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of highly effective age assurance.
We have found that AVS Group Ltd has failed to comply with their duty under section 12 of the Act and this failure is ongoing.
We have also found that AVS Group Ltd has failed to comply with their duty under section 102(8) of the Act to respond to a request for information.
Further details can be found here.
Failure to comply with section 12 of the Act
We are imposing a penalty on AVS Group Ltd of £1,000,000 in respect of the contravention of section 12. This penalty was set having regard to our Penalty Guidelines.
In addition, AVS Group Ltd is now required to comply with section 12 by taking steps to implement highly effective age assurance on all remaining AVS Group websites that do not currently have such measures in place by 5pm GMT on 6 December 2025.
Should AVS Group Ltd fail to comply with this requirement, a daily rate penalty of £1,000 per day will be imposed starting from 6 December 2025 until the section 12 duty is complied with or 16 March 2026, whichever is sooner.
Failure to comply with section 102(8) of the Act
We are imposing a penalty on AVS Group Ltd of £50,000 in respect of the contravention of section 102(8). This penalty was set having regard to our Penalty Guidelines.
In addition, AVS Group Ltd is now required to take immediate steps to provide Ofcom with a complete list of all sites operated by AVS Group Ltd.
Should AVS Group Ltd fail to comply with this requirement, a daily rate penalty of £300 per day will be imposed starting from 4 December 2025 until the section 102(8) duty is complied with or 1 February 2026, whichever is sooner.
Further investigations opened
On 19 November 2025 Ofcom opened investigations into Sun Social Media Inc and the providers of www.xxbrits.com, fapello.com, hqporner.com, and www.porntrex.com.
The following is a list of the providers we are investigating and the sites they operate:
- Sun Social Media Inc: www.playvids.com and www.peekvids.com.
- The provider of www.xxbrits.com, www.xxbrits.co.uk, www.xxbrits.to, www.xxbrits.su, www.xxbrits.st, www.xxbrits.win, www.xxbrits.ch, www.xxbrits.party, www.xxbrits.tube, www.xxbrits.cr, www.xxbrits.ru, www.xxbrits.mx, www.xxbrits.tv and www.xxbrits.lol
- The provider of fapello.com
- The provider of hqporner.com
- The provider of www.porntrex.com and www.porntrex.tv
These companies have been prioritised based on the risk of harm posed by the services they operate and their user numbers, including where there have been significant increases in their user numbers since the 25 July 2025 deadline.
We are investigating whether each of these providers have failed, or are failing to, comply with the duties under section 12 of the Online Safety Act 2023 (the Act) to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of highly effective age assurance, in relation to each regulated service they operate.
The bulletins for each investigation can be found below:
- Sun Social Media Inc
- The provider of www.xxbrits.com
- The provider of fapello.com
- The provider of hqporner.com
- The provider of www.porntrex.com
We will provide an update on these investigations in due course.
Updates on existing investigations
Itai Tech Ltd
On 19 November 2025, we issued a Confirmation Decision to Itai Tech Ltd in respect of our investigation into its compliance with section 81 of the Act, which requires services that allow pornographic content to use highly effective age assurance to ensure that children are prevented from encountering pornographic content.
We have also found that Itai Tech Ltd has failed to comply with their duty under section 102(8) of the Act to respond to a request for information. Further details can be found here.
We are imposing a penalty on Itai Tech Ltd of £50,000 in respect of the section 81 breach, and a further penalty of £5,000 in respect of the breach of section 102(8)(a). This penalty was set having regard to our Penalty Guidelines.
We have made no finding on ongoing compliance and we will continue to monitor geoblocking on the site going forward.
8579 LLC
On 19 November 2025, we issued a provisional notice of contravention to 8579 LLC, as the provider of www.4kporn.xxx, www.crazyporn.xxx, www.love4porn.com, www.hoes.tube, www.429.xxx, and www.justpornflix.com, in respect of our investigation into its compliance with section 12 of the Act.
This notice finds that we have reasonable grounds to believe that 8579 LLC has failed, and is failing, to comply with its duty to use highly effective age assurance to ensure that children are prevented from encountering pornographic content.
We have also provisionally found that 8579 LLC has failed, and is failing, to comply with its duty under section 102(8) of the Act to respond to a request for information. Further details can be found here.
Kick Online Entertainment S.A
On 19 November 2025, we issued a provisional notice of contravention to Kick Online Entertainment S.A, as the provider of www.motherless.com, in respect of our investigation into its compliance with section 12 of the Act.
This notice finds that we have reasonable grounds to believe that Kick Online Entertainment S.A. has failed, and is failing, to comply with its duty to use highly effective age assurance to ensure that children are prevented from encountering pornographic content.
We have also provisionally found that Kick Online Entertainment S.A has failed, and is failing, to comply with its duty under section 102(8) of the Act to respond to a request for information. Further details can be found here.
Cyberitic, LLC
On 10 September 2025, Ofcom issued Cyberitic, LLC with a formal information notice, which it was required to respond to under section 100 of the Act. As at the date of this announcement, Cyberitic, LLC has not provided a response to the information notice.
We have therefore expanded the scope of the investigation into Cyberitic, LLC to include considering whether it has failed to act in accordance with the requirements of an information notice. The bulletin for this investigation can be found here.
The provider of www.xgroovy.com
On 23 September 2025, Ofcom issued the provider of www.xgroovy.com (‘Xgroovy’) with a formal information notice, which it was required to respond to under section 100 of the Act. As at the date of this announcement, Xgroovy has not provided a response to the information notice.
We have therefore expanded the scope of the investigation into Xgroovy to include considering whether it has failed to act in accordance with the requirements of an information notice. The bulletin for this investigation can be found here.
Trendio Ltd
On 19 November 2025 we closed our investigation into Trendio Ltd in relation to the adult sites www.theyarehuge.com, www.tranny.one, www. ah-me.com, www. ashemale.one, www. bdsm.one, www.bemyhole.com, www. gaygo.tv, www.gayxo.com, www. shemale.pub, www.sunporno.com, and www.yesvids.com.
We opened an investigation on 30 July 2025 due to concerns that Trendio Ltd had not implemented highly effective age assurance measures to prevent children from encountering pornographic content on its adult services, by the deadline of 25 July 2025, as required by the Act.
In response to our investigation, Trendio Ltd provided information indicating that it had taken steps in good faith towards compliance by the deadline. Having taken into account the information provided by Trendio Ltd on their implementation of highly effective age assurance, Ofcom does not consider it appropriate to continue the investigation.
We have closed our investigation without making any findings as to Trendio Ltd’s compliance with its duties.
AVS Group Ltd
Today, we have issued a provisional notice of contravention to AVS Group Ltd in respect of our investigation into its compliance with section 12 of the Online Safety Act 2023 (the Act), which requires services that allow pornographic content to use highly effective age assurance to ensure that children are prevented from encountering pornographic content. We have also provisionally found that AVS Group Ltd has failed to comply with their duty under section 102(8) of the Act to respond to a request for information. Further details can be found on our investigation page.
Youngtek Solutions Ltd
On 10 September 2025 Ofcom issued Youngtek Solutions Ltd with a formal information notice, which it was required to respond to, under section 100 of the Online Safety Act. As at the date of this announcement, Youngtek Solutions Ltd has not provided a response to the information notice.
We have therefore expanded the scope of the investigation into Youngtek Solutions Ltd to include considering whether it has failed to act in accordance with the requirements of an information notice. The bulletin for this investigation can be found here.
On 17 September 2025, we issued a provisional notice of contravention to Itai Tech Ltd in respect of our investigation into its compliance with section 81 of the Online Safety Act 2023 (the Act), which requires services to use highly effective age assurance to ensure that children do not normally encounter pornographic content. We have also provisionally found that Itai Tech Ltd has failed to comply with their duty under section 102(8) of the Act to respond to a request for information.
Further details can be found on our investigation page: Investigation whether Itai Tech Ltd has failed to comply with the Online Safety Act 2023 - Ofcom
Further investigations opened
On 10 September 2025 Ofcom opened investigations into ZD Media s.r.o., Cyberitic, LLC, Web Prime Inc, Youngtek Solutions Ltd and the provider of www.xgroovy.com. The adult services operated by these providers are the following:
- ZD Media s.r.o.: www.hello.porn, www.homo.xxx, www.max.porn, www.ok.porn, www.ok.xxx, www.perfectgirls.xxx, www.pin.porn, www.pornhat.com, www.pornhat.one and www.pornstars.tube
- Cyberitic, LLC: shesfreaky.com
- Web Prime Inc: www.anysex.com, www.fapality.com, www.mylust.com, www.xcafe.com and www.yourlust.com
- Youngtek Solutions Ltd: www.imagefap.com, www.empflix.com, www.moviefap.com, www.pornrepublic.com and www.TNAflix.com
- The provider of www.xgroovy.com
These companies have been prioritised based on the risk of harm posed by the services they operate and their user numbers, including where there have been significant increases in their user numbers since the 25 July 2025 deadline. We have also prioritised providers where, despite stating to Ofcom that age assurance would be implemented on the services they operate, we could not identify the presence of an age assurance solution when accessed from the UK.
We are investigating whether each of these providers have failed, or are failing to, comply with the duties under section 12 of the Online Safety Act 2023 to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of highly effective age assurance, in relation to each regulated service they operate. In addition, or in the alternative, we are also considering whether ZD Media s.r.o. has failed, or is failing, to comply with the duties under section 81 in Part 5 of the Act to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of highly effective age assurance, as applicable.
The bulletins for each investigation can be found below:
We will provide an update on these investigations in due course.
Updates on existing investigations
Itai Tech Ltd
On 24 June 2025, Ofcom issued Itai Tech Ltd with a formal information notice under section 100 of the Online Safety Act, which they were required to respond to. As at the date of this update, no response has been received.
As a result, we expanded the scope of this investigation to consider whether Itai Tech Ltd has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duty to respond in accordance with the requirements of an information notice. The bulletin for this investigation can be found here.
8579 LLC
On 14 August 2025 Ofcom issued 8579 LLC with a formal information notice, which they were required to respond to, under section 100 of the Online Safety Act. As at the date of this announcement, 8579 LLC have not provided a response to the information notice.
We have therefore expanded the scope of the investigations into 8579 LLC to include considering whether they have failed to act in accordance with the requirements of an information notice. The bulletin for this investigation can be found here.
In addition, we have added two further adult services operated by 8579 LLC (www.justpornflix.com and www.429.xxx) to the scope of our investigation in to whether 8579 LLC has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duties under section 12 of the Act, which requires services to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of highly effective age assurance. If we identify any further adult services operated by 8579 LLC that fall within the scope of the Act, we may expand the investigation to include those services.
On 30 July 2025, Ofcom opened an investigation into Duplanto Ltd, the provider of the adult service www.pornhaven.ai. We delayed the public announcement of the investigation for administrative reasons.
We are investigating whether Duplanto Ltd has failed, or is failing to, comply with the duties under section 12 of the Online Safety Act 2023 to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of highly effective age assurance.
The bulletin for this investigation can be found here.
We will provide an update on this investigation in due course.
On 30 July 2025 we also issued both AVS Group Ltd and Kick Online Entertainment S.A. with a formal information notice, which they were required to respond to, under section 100 of the Online Safety Act. As of this announcement, AVS Group Ltd and Kick Online Entertainment S.A have not provided a response to the respective information notices.
We have therefore expanded the scope of the investigations into AVS Group Ltd and Kick Online Entertainment S.A. to include considering whether they have failed to act in accordance with the requirements of an information notice. The bulletins for these investigations can be found below:
On 30 July 2025 Ofcom opened investigations into 8579 LLC, AVS Group Ltd, Kick Online Entertainment S.A., and Trendio Ltd, the providers of the following adult services:
- 8579 LLC: www.4kporn.xxx, www.crazyporn.xxx, www.love4porn.com and www.hoes.tube
- AVS Group Ltd: www.pornzog.com, www.txxx.com, www.txxx.tube, www.upornia.com, www.hdzog.com, www.hdzog.tube, www.thegay.com, www.thegay.tube, www.ooxxx.com, www.hotmovs.com, www.hclips.com, www.vjav.com, www.pornl.com, www.voyeurhit.com, www.manysex.com, www.tubepornclassic.com, www.shemalez.com and www.shemalez.tube.
- Kick Online Entertainment S.A.: www.motherless.com
- Trendio Ltd: www.theyarehuge.com, www.tranny.one, www. ah-me.com, www. ashemale.one, www. bdsm.one, www.bemyhole.com, www. gaygo.tv, www.gayxo.com, www. shemale.pub, www.sunporno.com and www.yesvids.com
We are investigating whether these providers have failed, or are failing to, comply with the duties under section 12 of the Online Safety Act 2023 to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of highly effective age assurance.
The bulletins for each investigation can be found below:
We will provide an update on these investigations in due course.
On 25 July 2025 we will be expanding the focus of our enforcement programme to include the implementation of age assurance by services that allow user-generated pornographic content.
To date, this enforcement programme has focused on providers of services that publish or display their own pornographic content – ‘Part 5 services’ – and their duty to ensure that children are not normally able to encounter such content, through the use of highly effective age assurance.
We are now going to expand the scope of the programme to include providers of services that allow users to upload or generate their own pornographic content – ‘Part 3 services’. These services must also implement highly effective age assurance to ensure that children are prevented from encountering pornographic content. This requirement is effective from 25 July 2025.
Regardless of whether an adult service falls within the scope of Part 3 or Part 5 of the Online Safety Act, the outcome and expectations are ultimately the same: where the duty applies, the service must have highly effective age assurance in place to ensure that children are prevented from accessing pornographic content. The duties apply to all adult services that have ‘links to the UK’, regardless of where the provider is based.
Since April, Ofcom has contacted hundreds of Part 3 services that host user-generated pornography, to inform them of their duties under the Act and the approaching deadline for implementing highly effective age assurance. We also published an open letter advising providers of the requirements that will apply to these sites.
From 25 July 2025, we will be checking the implementation of age assurance by Part 3 services that host user-generated pornographic content. We expect to announce the first investigations under the expanded programme on the Ofcom website next week, with additional investigations likely to be opened in the coming months where appropriate, based on our continued review of Part 3 and Part 5 in-scope services.
In cases of compliance failures, we can impose fines of up to £18m or 10% of qualifying worldwide revenue (whichever is greater). In the most serious cases of non-compliance, and where appropriate given risks of harm to individuals in the UK, we can seek a court order to require third parties to take action to disrupt the business of the provider. This may require third parties (such as providers of payment or advertising services, or Internet Service Providers) to withdraw services from, or block access to, a regulated service in the UK.
Further information on our approach to enforcement can be found in our Online Safety Enforcement Guidance.
Our correspondence with part 5 services in January explained that the highly effective age assurance duties had come into force and requested that these services provide details of their compliance plans with a timeline for implementation and a named point of contact.
Around 40 part 5 services initially responded providing details of a number of highly effective age assurance methods they were planning on implementing on around 1,300 sites including (but not limited to) facial age estimation, credit card payment walls and safe for work landing pages. Many services are taking a multi layered approach using a combination of these solutions.
We have also seen examples of a small number of services that have chosen to geo-block the UK to ensure that children cannot access their sites.
Reassuringly, most of the largest services in the part 5 sector have confirmed that they are implementing or have plans to implement age assurance imminently and we will be monitoring those services to ensure they fulfil those plans and will be reviewing trends where we see spikes in user numbers to ensure that highly effective age assurance is in place.
However, there are some services that have failed to respond to Ofcom’s request and do not appear to have taken any steps to implement highly effective age assurance. Therefore, we have taken the decision to open two investigations.
We have opened an investigation into Itai Tech Ltd, (in relation to the ‘nudification’ site, Undress.cc), and Score Internet Group LLC (in relation to one of their studio sites, Scoreland.com). Both services do not appear to have taken steps to implement highly effective age assurance on their services, as required under section 81 of the Online Safety Act.
Ofcom’s investigations will examine whether there are reasonable grounds to believe that each of the companies has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duties under section 81 in Part 5 of the Online Safety Act 2023 (the ‘Act’) to protect children from encountering pornographic content through the use of highly effective age assurance.
We will provide an update on these investigations in due course. Ofcom’s Online Safety Enforcement Guidance sets out how Ofcom will normally approach enforcement under the Act. This includes our approach to information gathering and analysis and the procedural steps we must take to fairly determine the outcome of the investigation.
Where we identify compliance failures, we can impose fines of up to £18m or 10% of qualifying worldwide revenue (whichever is greater). In the most serious cases of non-compliance, and where appropriate given the risks of harm to individuals in the UK, we can seek a court order to require third parties to take action to disrupt the business of the provider. This may require third parties (such as providers of payment or advertising services, or Internet Service Providers) to withdraw services from, or block access to, a regulated service in the UK.
Since January, as part of our work to ensure that Part 5 services are taking steps to comply with the duty to implement highly effective age assurance on their sites, we have written to Part 3 services to inform them of the same duty, which will apply to them from 25 July 2025.
We contacted hundreds of Part 3 user-to-user services on 25 April, whose principal purpose is to host user generated pornography. We have published this open letter advising of the forthcoming requirements that will apply to these sites, in order to allow them time to take the necessary steps to achieve compliance.
On 17 January 2025, we wrote to hundreds of providers, collectively covering thousands of sites that publish or display pornographic content, to inform them of their obligations under Part 5 of the Online Safety Act to implement Highly Effective Age Assurance (HEAA) to prevent children from accessing pornographic content.
We asked them to respond with details of their plans to meet their obligations to impose HEAA on their sites and anticipated timescales.
The deadline for responses was between 3 and 6 March 2025. So far, we have had positive engagement from across the sector and a number of providers have implemented HEAA in response to our programme. We are reviewing compliance plans and implementation timescales for other services in scope of these duties.
We are also assessing the HEAA measures of services who have not responded and a number of services have been referred to our enforcement team for further review. We will assess such sites and consider in the coming weeks whether formal enforcement action is appropriate. Details of any new investigations will be published on our website.
Part 5 of the Online Safety Act 2025 imposes duties (Part 5 duties) on regulated providers of pornographic content to ensure, through the use of age verification or age estimation (or both), that children (under 18) are not normally able to encounter pornographic content. Such age verification measures must be highly effective at correctly determining whether a particular user is a child. This duty will come into force on 17 January 2025.
Ofcom has opened an enforcement programme into age assurance measures across the adult sector, which will initially focus on regulated providers’ compliance with the Part 5 duties.
Action we are taking:
From the 17 January, we will be writing to all service providers that display or publish pornographic content (Part 5 Service Providers) to inform them of their obligations under the OSA and to request confirmation of the age assurance provisions they are implementing to achieve compliance with their duties under Part 5 of the OSA. A copy of the letter can be foundon our public correspondence page.
Our Supervision team, which leads engagement with regulated services, will also be engaging directly with the adult industry to support compliance. This will include both one to one regular engagement with the largest or riskiest services, as well as hosting and attending adult industry conferences to raise awareness of Ofcom and the new regulations and developing creative communications that will effectively inform pornography services about their obligations.