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"This included asking how the platform was implementing age checks and, specifically, about the effectiveness of OnlyFans’ third-party facial estimation technology."
"On 4 January 2024, Fenix learned from its technology provider that the challenge age for OnlyFans was in fact set at 20 years old, not 23 years old. Fenix later confirmed it had been set to 20 since 1 November 2021. After learning this, Fenix elected to raise the challenge age to 23 on 16 January 2025, but then changed it again to 21 years old on 19 January 2025. Fenix only first informed Ofcom about the error on 22 January 2024."
The fine would have been much higher than the million and a bit quoted, but was reduced by 30% because Fenix settled out of court.
"After Fenix identified the error, it took over two weeks for the company to report the issue to Ofcom. While we acknowledge that Fenix ultimately self-reported the issue to us, we expect companies to inform us of any possible contraventions as soon as possible, which did not happen in this case."
So they self reported two weeks after they found the error and still got fined! Even though members were definitely over 18.
"Taking all the evidence into account, our investigation concluded that Fenix contravened its duties to provide accurate and complete information to Ofcom in response to two statutory information requests."
So if you get investigated you have to act quick then and provide complete and accurate info!
To be fair though, it is a porn site so they were going to be heavy on them.
"At the time the investigations into OnlyFans were first launched, the platform said a “coding configuration issue” around its age verification tools had led to the reporting error and that it was confident it had always met its obligations to protect under-18s from accessing restricted material."
www.independent.co.uk
"This included asking how the platform was implementing age checks and, specifically, about the effectiveness of OnlyFans’ third-party facial estimation technology."
"On 4 January 2024, Fenix learned from its technology provider that the challenge age for OnlyFans was in fact set at 20 years old, not 23 years old. Fenix later confirmed it had been set to 20 since 1 November 2021. After learning this, Fenix elected to raise the challenge age to 23 on 16 January 2025, but then changed it again to 21 years old on 19 January 2025. Fenix only first informed Ofcom about the error on 22 January 2024."
The fine would have been much higher than the million and a bit quoted, but was reduced by 30% because Fenix settled out of court.
"After Fenix identified the error, it took over two weeks for the company to report the issue to Ofcom. While we acknowledge that Fenix ultimately self-reported the issue to us, we expect companies to inform us of any possible contraventions as soon as possible, which did not happen in this case."
So they self reported two weeks after they found the error and still got fined! Even though members were definitely over 18.
"Taking all the evidence into account, our investigation concluded that Fenix contravened its duties to provide accurate and complete information to Ofcom in response to two statutory information requests."
So if you get investigated you have to act quick then and provide complete and accurate info!
To be fair though, it is a porn site so they were going to be heavy on them.
"At the time the investigations into OnlyFans were first launched, the platform said a “coding configuration issue” around its age verification tools had led to the reporting error and that it was confident it had always met its obligations to protect under-18s from accessing restricted material."
OnlyFans fined £1m over inaccurate responses to information requests
The regulator said it had issued a fine of £1.05 million to the provider of the site, Fenix International.
www.independent.co.uk
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