Ofcom is investigating four companies, operating a total of 34 porn sites, on whether they are following its new age check requirements.
The regulator said on Friday that more than 6,000 sites allowing pornography and other adult materials would start using the “highly effective” tools to verify it or to estimate whether the users were under 18 years of age.
But Offcom says that some sites may ignore its new rules – designed to prevent children stumbling in porn or other materials considered harmful by MPs.
It has opened a formal inquiry into 8579 LLC, AVS Group Limited, Kick Online Entertainment SA and Trendo Limited, which states that more than nine million metamorphic visitor is joint on their sites.
A press release on Thursday stated, “These companies have been given priority based on the risk of damage caused by those services and their user numbers.”
The regulator is already examining a series of platforms on similar doubts.
It first opened the video in the online message board 4chan and porn provider at the video LLC for the first time. In June,
Before it started a formal investigation An online suicide stageFile-sharing services and A company that runs a so -called “nudijing” site,
The regulator said, “We hope to make further announcements in the coming weeks and months.”
Since on Friday, age verification requirements made effective, people in the UK Reddit and X.
Spotify on Wednesday confirmed the BBC that it could indicate people in the UK, to confirm their age to reach 18+ by uploaders, among other places including Australia in Britain, among other places including Australia.
Sweeping rules have inspired a backlash from some people that see the requirements as an overlapping or potential privacy concern.
More than 400,000 people have now signed a petition for the cancellation of the online security act – the age check is required to prevent children facing adult content.
The government said that there is no plan to withdraw the law in response.
Some have also criticized the effectiveness of the implementation of AFCCOM and their potential periphery using the virtual private network of the UK age test requirements.
Apps providing free VPN – which allow people to hide their location online, to reach the web from a different place – Free app download chart on apple’s app store After the rules came into force on Friday.
Ofcom has not defended measures, as there is no “silver bullet”, but they said that they will help to secure the Internet for children by reducing the opportunity of “stumble in porn”.
