Theoretically, earlier this month the online world in the UK got safer. Ofcom launched its long-awaited enforcement programme to assess ...

The fine of £1.05 million is the result of Fenix not providing accurate and complete information about the age verification process on OnlyFans, and predates the Online Safety Act as Ofcom had powers ...

Ofcom has fined the provider of OnlyFans £1.05 million for failing to provide accurate information concerning age assurance systems.

Taking the Online Safety Act as an example ... Online services should be preparing now, given Ofcom’s timeline for completion of risk assessments in 2025. Ofcom has estimated that approximately ...

Ofcom has concluded that meant Fenix contravened ... in June 2022 and June 2023 using powers that pre-date the Online Safety Act (OSA). The OSA - which is coming into force fully this year ...

The NCA said members of these networks are driven by desires for 'status, power, control, misogyny or sexual gratification'.

“Sadistic” online gangs dominated by teenage boys are committing harrowing crimes, including child abuse and sharing extreme ...

Molly Rose Foundation first warned Ofcom about these groups in February last year ... Our polling shows that more than four in five parents want a stronger Online Safety Act. The Prime Minister must ...

Growing threat of teenage boys targeting girls online for sexual abuse and violence, says National Crime Agency - Reports ...

Specifically, Ofcom asked how OnlyFans’ age checks were implemented ... The fine is the first million-pound penalty under the Online Safety Act, which reached its enforcement deadline on March 17.

Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman The court was told the Online Safety Act notice was provided to Twitter 21 days before it merged with X, requiring explanation on how the company had complied ...

The Youth Select Committee, a parliamentary group of 14 to 19-year-olds led by the National Youth Agency and supported by the House of Commons, said the Online Safety Act was not robust enough to ...