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Ofcom has fined AVS Group Ltd £1 million under the Online Safety Act for not implementing highly effective age assurance on its 18 adult websites, and the company faces an additional £50,000 fine for ignoring Ofcom's information requests.Oliver Griffiths from Ofcom's Online Safety Group emphasized efforts to improve age verification and warned AVS Group to install a proper system within 72 hours or risk a daily penalty of £1,000.The UK regulatory push mirrors similar age-check rules in the US, France, Italy, Australia, and China, with Australia notably banning children under 16 from platforms like Twitch and YouTube.
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TheHill

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Palestine

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Italy

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