Internet: Age Assurance
(asked on 5th December 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many firms have been fined for not complying with age verification rules in the Online Safety Act 2023.
Answered by
Kanishka Narayan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
This question was answered on 18th December 2025
Ofcom is the independent regulator for online safety and is responsible for enforcing the Online Safety Act 2023.
On 4 December, Ofcom announced its largest online safety fine to date, a penalty of £1 million issued to a pornography provider for failing to have robust age verification checks in place. Further details on enforcement action are available on Ofcom’s website.