Article 71XVS Pornography company fined £1m by Ofcom for not having strong enough age checks

Pornography company fined £1m by Ofcom for not having strong enough age checks

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Dan Milmo and agency
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AVS Group, which runs 18 websites, has 72 hours to make changes required by UK's Online Safety Act

A pornography company that runs 18 adult websites has been fined 1m by the watchdog Ofcom for not having strong enough age checks, in the largest fine yet under the UK's Online Safety Act.

The Belize-based AVS Group has been hit with the punishment, plus a further 50,000 for failing to respond to information requests.

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