Ofcom fines porn firm £600,000 over age-check failures

The UK’s media regulator, Ofcom, has fined an adult entertainment company £600,000 for failing to implement proper age verification measures across its platforms. 

Youngtek Solutions Ltd, which operates four adult websites, was found in breach of the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA). Ofcom stated that the company lacked adequate age-restriction barriers to prevent children from accessing explicit content between July and September 2025.

The penalty is split into two parts: a £500,000 fine for the absolute absence of effective age checks, and an additional £100,000 for the company’s initial failure to co-operate with Ofcom’s formal information requests. While Youngtek has since introduced compliant verification systems, the regulator moved forward with enforcement due to the duration of the breach.

Under the Online Safety Act, which took full effect for adult content platforms in July 2025, services allowing pornography must deploy “highly effective” age-verification methods to shield minors from harmful material.

Ofcom possesses severe enforcement powers under the law, including the ability to issue fines of up to £18 million or 10% of a company’s global turnover—whichever is greater—and can even seek court orders to block non-compliant websites entirely within the UK.

“Adult sites must use robust age checks to protect children in the UK from porn online, and we’ve shown we will use the full extent of our enforcement powers to secure this outcome,” says George Lusty, Ofcom’s director of enforcement. “Any company that fails to comply – or misses important deadlines when we demand information – can expect to pay the price.”

This penalty is part of a broader, aggressive enforcement wave by Ofcom against adult platforms. Previous penalties include a £1 million fine against AVS Group Ltd in late 2025, an £800,000 fine for Kick Online Entertainment SA, and a record £1.35 million penalty issued to 8579 LLC in February 2026.

Ofcom noted that compliance is rising across the industry, reporting that 77 of the top 100 pornography services in the UK had successfully deployed age checks.