Investigation into the provider of fapello.com's compliance with the duty to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance
Published: 20 November 2025
Last updated: 18 August 2026
We are investigating whether the provider of fapello.com (‘Fapello’) has failed, or is failing, to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to prevent children from encountering pornographic content on its service through the use of highly effective age assurance.
Enforcement Programme to protect children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance
Published: 16 January 2025
Last updated: 18 August 2026
Ofcom is opening an enforcement programme into age assurance measures across the adult sector, which will initially focus on regulated providers’ compliance with the Part 5 duties.
Online Safety: Register of categorised services and list of emerging Category 1 services
Published: 30 June 2026
Last updated: 14 August 2026
The published register of categorised services sets out which services are categorised and are therefore subject to additional duties under the Act.
Transparency notice: Research on online platforms to explore online safety
Published: 9 February 2023
Last updated: 10 August 2026
A notice explaining how, in support of our online safety research, Ofcom will sometimes create accounts with fictional personas.
Consultation: Guidance - Deceased Child User Duties
Published: 15 December 2025
Last updated: 7 August 2026
We are consulting on our draft Guidance to help providers of categorised services understand and comply with the deceased child user duties, set out in section 75 of the Online Safety Act 2023. Our proposals are informed by the experiences of bereaved parents who had sought information from online services about their child’s use of the service and had faced significant barriers in doing so.
Investigation into Novi Ltd’s compliance with the duty to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance
Published: 15 January 2026
Last updated: 31 July 2026
Today we have opened an investigation into Novi Ltd, (in relation to the Gen AI site, Joi.com)
Investigation into whether First Time Videos LLC has failed to comply with the Online Safety Act 2023
Published: 10 June 2025
Last updated: 31 July 2026
We are investigating whether First Time Videos LLC has failed/is failing to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 to protect children from encountering pornographic content through the use of highly effective age assurance.
Enforcement programme into measures being taken by file-sharing and file-storage services to prevent users from encountering or sharing child sexual abuse material (CSAM)
Published: 17 March 2025
Last updated: 30 July 2026
Ofcom has opened a programme of work, or ‘enforcement programme’, to assess the measures being taken by providers of file-sharing and file-storage services that present particular risks of harm to UK users from image-based CSAM to ensure users do not encounter, and offenders are not able to disseminate, such content on their services.
Use of Age Assurance Report 2026
Published: 15 July 2026
Last updated: 27 July 2026
This report assesses how sites and apps use age checks to protect children from online harm.
Investigation into an online suicide discussion forum and its compliance with duties to protect its users from illegal content
Published: 9 April 2025
Last updated: 20 July 2026
We are investigating whether a provider of an online suicide discussion forum has failed/is failing to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act 2023.