OSA enforcement: Ofcom actions
OSA: Enforcement
- Ofcom issues update on Online Safety Act investigations - PRESS RELEASE - 13 October 2025
- Ofcom investigates 22 more porn sites under new age-check rules - PRESS RELEASE - 11 September 2025
- Ofcom investigates Duplanto Ltd under online safety age check rules - PRESS RELEASE - 28 August 2025
- Enforcement programme to protect children from harmful content through the use of age assurance - opened 24 July 2025
- Enforcement programme to protect children from harmful content through the use of age assurance - PRESS RELEASE - 24 July 2025
- Enforcement programme to monitor if services are meeting their children's risk assessment duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 - opened 9 July 2025
- Enforcement programme to monitor if services are meeting their children's risk assessment duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 - PRESS RELEASE - 9 July 2025
- Enforcing the Online Safety Act: Ofcom investigates Kick Online Entertainment - PRESS RELEASE (Ofcom) - published 14 May 2025
- Letter to Part 3 services that allow pornography - published 24 April 2025
- Enforcement programme into measures being taken by file-sharing and file storage services to prevent users from encountering or sharing CSAM - opened 17 March 2025
- Enforcing the Online Safety Act: platforms must start tackling illegal material from today - PRESS RELEASE (Ofcom) - published 17 March 2025
- Enforcing the Online Safety Act: scrutinising illegal harms risk assessments - PRESS RELEASE (Ofcom) - published 3 March 2025
- Enforcement programme to monitor compliance with the illegal content risk assessment duties and record keeping duties - opened 3 March 2025
- Enforcement programme to protect children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance - opened 16 January 2025
- Important dates for Online Safety Act compliance - published 16 December 2024
- Guidance to the regulator about fees relating to the Online Safety Act - GUIDANCE (DSIT) - published 24 May 2024
OSA: open investigations
- Investigation into Novi Ltd's compliance with the duty to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance - opened 15 January 2026
- Investigation into www.porntrex.com's compliance with the duty to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance - opened 19 November 2025
- Investigation into the provider of hqporner.com's compliance with the duty to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance - opened 19 November 2025
- Investigation into the provider of fapello.com's compliance with the duty to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance - opened 19 November 2025
- Investigation into the provider of xx.brits.com compliance with the duty to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance - opened 19 November 2025
- Investigation into Sun Social Media Inc.'s compliance with the duty to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance- opened 19 November 2025
- Investigation into ZD Media s.r.o.’s compliance with the duty to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance - opened 10 September 2025
- Investigation into Cyberitic, LLC’s compliance with the duty to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance - opened 10 September 2025
- Investigation into Web Prime Inc’s compliance with the duty to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance - opened 10 September 2025
- Investigation into Youngtek Solutions Ltd’s compliance with the duty to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance - opened 10 September 2025
- Investigation into the provider of xgroovy.com’s compliance with the duty to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance - opened 10 September 2025
- Investigation into Duplanto Ltd’s compliance with the duty to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance - opened 30 July 2025, announced 28 August 2025
- Investigation into 4Chan's compliance with its illegal content duties - opened 10 June 2025, updated 13 August 2025
- Investigation into 8579 LLC’s compliance with the duty to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance - opened 30 July 2025
- Investigation into Kick Online Entertainment S.A’s compliance with the duty to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance - opened 30 July 2025
- Investigation into AVS Group Ltd’s compliance with the duty to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance - opened 30 July
- Investigations into compliance of file-sharing sites with illegal content duties: im.ge opened 10 June 2025
- Investigation into an online suicide discussion forum and its compliance with duties to protect its users from illegal content - opened 9 April 2025
- Ofcom investigates online suicide forum - PRESS RELEASE (Ofcom) - published 9 April 2025
OSA: closed investigations
- Investigation into Trendio Ltd’s compliance with the duty to prevent children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance - opened 30 July 2025, closed 19 November 2025
- Investigations into compliance of file-sharing sites with illegal content duties: Krakenfiles, Nippybox, Nippydrive, Nippyshare, Nippyspace and Yolobit - opened 10 June 2025; all now closed
- Investigation into Kick Online Entertainment S.A.'s compliance with illegal content risk assessment duties - opened 14 May 2025, closed 3 July 2025
- Investigation into Kick Online Entertainment S.A.'s compliance with a statutory information request - opened 14 May 2025, closed 3 July 2025
- Investigation into Score Internet Group LLC and its compliance with part 5 duties - opened 9 May 2025, closed 26 June 2025
- Investigation whether Itai Tech Ltd has failed to comply with the Online Safety Act 2023 - opened 9 May 2025, closed 15 January 2026
