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UK Investigates OnlyFans Over Claims Children Can Access Porn

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The U.K.'s communications regulator Ofcom has opened an investigation into OnlyFans over whether it's doing enough to prevent children accessing pornography on the site.

Under the Communications Act 2003, video sharing platforms established in the U.K. are required to take 'appropriate measures' to prevent under-18s from accessing pornographic material. The investigation relates to notices issued to Fenix International last summer and the summer before, which asked for information on the measures the company was taking to protect the under-18s.

OnlyFans has had a fraught time of it over the last few years. In 2021, it threatened to ban sexually explicit material from its site after, it said, it received pressure from banking partners concerned about their reputation. It later reversed the plan.

 

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