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Ofcom Fines AVS £1 Million for Age Verification Failures
12/4/2025
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- Ofcom fined AVS Group Ltd £1 million for inadequate age verification on its 18 adult websites.
- Ofcom fined AVS Group Ltd £50,000 for not responding to information requests.
- AVS must implement effective age checks within 72 hours or incur a daily penalty of £1,000.
- This is the Online Safety Act's third fine, with the act effective since July.
- Ofcom is investigating 92 online services with high UK traffic.
