Ofcom investigates Pornhub over age checks for under-18s
Britain’s media regulator Ofcom is investigating whether Pornhub has met legal duties to prevent children from accessing pornography.
London, United Kingdom. Britain’s media regulator Ofcom said on Wednesday it had opened an investigation into whether adult content platform Pornhub has complied with its legal obligations to prevent children from seeing pornography.
Under the Online Safety Act, platforms must introduce age checks to prevent people under 18 from accessing pornographic content.
Age assurance process
Aylo, Pornhub’s service provider, said in May that Pornhub would rely on iPhone maker Apple’s age-verification process to confirm that users are over 18.
Ofcom said it was concerned that Aylo may not have carried out sufficient due diligence and testing before implementing its new age assurance process.
Aylo did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Regulatory powers
Ofcom said its investigation would not determine how Apple operates its age checks.
The regulator can fine a company up to £18 million ($23.93 million) or 10% of its qualifying worldwide revenue, or block non-compliant websites. It has already imposed fines totalling more than £1 million on adult content platforms over failures involving age checks.
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