Only Vans was fined in the UK to provide wrong information about age verification – Internet
The owner of onlyfans was fined 1.5 million pounds in the United Kingdom To provide incorrect information about the measures that have been implemented to verify the age of users.
USA platform YOTI technology to estimate and verify user eraWhich should be at least 18 years old to reach the content.
Previously, Phoenix, the mother’s home, told Onlyfans, with technology, which analyzes selfies to check, Warning when it seems that the user is less than 23.
but, The company later indicated that the age of the border was, after all, specified for 20 yearsApply BBC.
OFcom, the UK Communication Organizational Entity, says, The company failed to provide correct information about its servicesThis is why the fine is applied.
It ended with a fine of 30 % of the original value, since Phoenix agreed to the organizer’s decision, which Investigation of the platform between 2022 and 2023Even before entering strength Online safety law.
It should be noted that the online safety law is the Bettani organization that wants Make “the safest in the world online online for children”, but enhances the protection of women and girls against violencefor The “light” received the final in 2023.
Already at the end of last year, OFCOL offers that It will have online platforms Until March 16, 2025The date in which the list entered into force, to Providing mechanisms to assess whether their services expose users to illegal content.
With the entry into force, The organizer announced that it will Be aware of the measures that were implemented According to the platforms to comply with the new online security law and avoid publishing this type of online content.
Companies that do not correspond to the rules, where they are More than 40 scales to improve the safety of platforms onlineIt is subject to fines that can reach 10 % of its annual global rotation.
