Protecting children

Ofcom is proud to continue our support for Safer Internet Day, an initiative taking place today that shares our aim of helping everyone to live a safer life online.

Investigation into whether MintStars Ltd has failed to take and/or implement such of the measures set out in Schedule 15A of the Communications Act 2003 as are appropriate for the purposes of protecting persons under the age of 18 from videos containing restricted material.

Ofcom have opened an investigation into Fenix International Limited, the provider of VSP OnlyFans. The investigation concerns OnlyFans’ compliance with its statutory obligations under sections 368Y(3)(b) and (c), 368Z10(6), and 368Z1(2) of the Act.

Ofcom has today fined video sharing platform, MintStars Ltd, £7,000 for failing to adequately protect children from accessing online pornography.

The Online Safety Act makes businesses responsible for keeping people, especially children, safe online. Here’s what you need to know and do now.

Children will be prevented from encountering online pornography and protected from other types of harmful content under Ofcom’s new industry guidance which sets out how we expect sites and apps to introduce highly effective age assurance.

Ofcom is opening an enforcement programme into age assurance measures across the adult sector, which will initially focus on regulated providers’ compliance with the Part 5 duties.

The Online Safety Act introduces new rules to make sure children are protected from accessing pornography.

Children’s access assessments are a new assessment that all user-to user-services and search services (‘Part 3 services’) regulated under the Online Safety Act must carry out to establish whether a service – or part of a service – is likely to be accessed by children.

Today we are publishing our Age Assurance and Children’s Access Statement, marking the first step in our Protection of Children work.