The Office of Communications (Ofcom), which is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, internet, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom (UK), investigates four (4) companies that run more than thirty (30) porn sites, to confirm if they are working according to age check requirements.
BBC reports: “Ofcom is investigating four companies, operating a total of 34 porn sites, over whether they are complying with its new age check requirements.
“The regulator said on Friday more than 6,000 sites allowing pornography and other adult content would start using “highly effective” tools to verify or estimate whether users were over or under the age of 18.
“But Ofcom says some sites may be ignoring its new rules – designed to stop children from stumbling across porn or other content deemed harmful by lawmakers.
“It has opened formal investigations into 8579 LLC, AVS Group Ltd, Kick Online Entertainment S.A. and Trendio Ltd, which it says have more than nine million monthly visitors combined.
“”These companies have been prioritised based on the risk of harm posed by the services they operate and their user numbers,” Ofcom said in a press release on Thursday.
“The regulator is already investigating a range of platforms over similar suspicions.”
