Porn site company fined £630,000 over failed age checks
Ofcom has fined a slew of sites it says are failing to prevent children accessing their adult content.
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Published: 9 July 2026
Source: BBC Technology
Category: News
Topics: Children & education
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
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