Ofcom has opened new investigations under its age assurance enforcement programme into five providers which together operate 20 pornography sites. The companies under investigation are:
- Sun Social Media Inc. These sites are still available without ID/age verification
PlayVids.com PeekVids.com
- the provider of various xxbrits sites. These sites are still available without ID/age verification
xxbrits.com xxbrits.co.uk xxbrits.tube & many other top level domains
- the provider of a number of porntrex sites. PornTrex has now decided to self block its websites to UK viewers
- the provider of fapello.com. Fapello has now added ID/age verification requirements
- the provider of hqporner.com. This site is still available without ID/age verification
We have prioritised action against these companies based on the risk of harm posed by the services they operate. We have taken particular account of their user numbers, including where we have seen significant increases in their user traffic since
age-check laws came into force last summer. Separately, we are announcing an expansion to our ongoing investigations into:
- Cyberitic, LLC and the provider of xgroovy.com to determine whether they have also failed to adequately respond to Ofcom's formal requests for information. xgroovy has now added ID/age verification requirements
These new cases take the number of sites and apps currently under investigation by Ofcom under the Online Safey Act to 76. |