Ofcom has today fined pornography provider Youngtek Solutions Ltd £500,000 for not having age checks in place, plus £100,000 for failing to respond to a formal request for information from the regulator.

Under the UK’s Online Safety Act, sites that allow pornographic material must use highly effective age assurance to prevent children from readily accessing that content.

The regulator’s investigation found that, from 25 July 2025 to 22 September 2025, Youngtek Solutions – which runs four adult sites – failed to comply with these duties.

As a result, Ofcom has imposed a financial penalty of £500,000, which will be passed on to HM Treasury.

The company has since implemented a method of age assurance on all sites which were subject to our investigation.

Ofcom says it will continue to monitor these sites to ensure that their age checking methods are highly effective at preventing children from accessing pornographic content.

The porn company has also been fined for ignoring requests from Ofcom for information vital to its investigation and monitoring of Online Safety Act compliance.

Firms are required, by law, to respond in an accurate, complete and timely way to any informaiton requests made by Ofcom.

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During the course of Ofcom’s investigation, it issued a formal request for information to Youngtek Solutions. While the company eventually provided the information, this was only after the deadline had passed.

As a result, the regulator fined Youngtek Solutions an additional £100,000.

George Lusty, Director of Enforcement at Ofcom, said: “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.

“Any company that fails to comply – or misses important deadlines when we demand information – can expect to pay the price.”