<![CDATA[Ofcom has fined another porn site operator - in Cyprus, I think - £600,000 under the UK's #OnlineSafetyAct.]]>Ofcom has fined another porn site operator - in Cyprus, I think - £600,000 under the UK's .

I'm struggling to think of another regulatory regime where the fines have flowed so rapidly.

(Or, I anticipate, where so few will be paid.)

Just a moment...

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(www.ofcom.org.uk)

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Plausible deniability, see? It's the master stroke!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.space/users/CppGuy/statuses/116647515375358478https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.space/users/CppGuy/statuses/116647515375358478Wed, 27 May 2026 16:37:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ofcom has fined another porn site operator - in Cyprus, I think - £600,000 under the UK's #OnlineSafetyAct. on Wed, 27 May 2026 14:03:38 GMT]]>@sldrant @CppGuy @neil I'm unconvinced that Ofcom would be so cunning and creative...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kavlak.uk/users/ahnlak/statuses/116646911582276024https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kavlak.uk/users/ahnlak/statuses/116646911582276024Wed, 27 May 2026 14:03:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ofcom has fined another porn site operator - in Cyprus, I think - £600,000 under the UK's #OnlineSafetyAct. on Wed, 27 May 2026 12:18:51 GMT]]>@neil I think Ofcom may be trying to make a not-very-subtle point to .gov.uk that their cunning plan isn't working.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.garyhawkins.uk/users/ghawkins/statuses/116646499563795993https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.garyhawkins.uk/users/ghawkins/statuses/116646499563795993Wed, 27 May 2026 12:18:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ofcom has fined another porn site operator - in Cyprus, I think - £600,000 under the UK's #OnlineSafetyAct. on Wed, 27 May 2026 11:37:08 GMT]]>@CppGuy @ahnlak @neil lol, never considered that angle of it

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sldrant/statuses/116646335505284874https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sldrant/statuses/116646335505284874Wed, 27 May 2026 11:37:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ofcom has fined another porn site operator - in Cyprus, I think - £600,000 under the UK's #OnlineSafetyAct. on Wed, 27 May 2026 11:09:54 GMT]]>@neil I'm still a bit confused how one can fine a company that has an online presence but does not operate in your country? Can you ELI5 that? That your contry can access the internet does not mean you have juristiction over all content there?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/worldwidewerner/statuses/116646228402459943https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/worldwidewerner/statuses/116646228402459943Wed, 27 May 2026 11:09:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ofcom has fined another porn site operator - in Cyprus, I think - £600,000 under the UK's #OnlineSafetyAct. on Wed, 27 May 2026 10:25:45 GMT]]>@neil if a company has no presence in the UK at the time of the fine bit then opens a local subsidiary, is that subsidiary liable for a fine levied before it even existed?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://norfolk.social/users/rachel/statuses/116646054832719374https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://norfolk.social/users/rachel/statuses/116646054832719374Wed, 27 May 2026 10:25:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ofcom has fined another porn site operator - in Cyprus, I think - £600,000 under the UK's #OnlineSafetyAct. on Wed, 27 May 2026 10:03:53 GMT]]>@neil OFCOM's enforcement is entirely performative and overblown.

Rather like some of the content they're fining overseas orgs for, but without the alleged happy ending.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/greem/statuses/116645968849120006https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/greem/statuses/116645968849120006Wed, 27 May 2026 10:03:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ofcom has fined another porn site operator - in Cyprus, I think - £600,000 under the UK's #OnlineSafetyAct. on Wed, 27 May 2026 09:58:53 GMT]]>@ahnlak @neil

Yes, it does. Ofcom helpfully even gives the URLs of porn sites that don't do age-verification.

Whisper who dares, but could be deliberately making a mockery of this unenforceable Act?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.space/users/CppGuy/statuses/116645949193690123https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.space/users/CppGuy/statuses/116645949193690123Wed, 27 May 2026 09:58:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ofcom has fined another porn site operator - in Cyprus, I think - £600,000 under the UK's #OnlineSafetyAct. on Wed, 27 May 2026 09:57:22 GMT]]>@neil

If any are paid I would be shocked and surprised.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/simonzerafa/statuses/116645943193641541https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/simonzerafa/statuses/116645943193641541Wed, 27 May 2026 09:57:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ofcom has fined another porn site operator - in Cyprus, I think - £600,000 under the UK's #OnlineSafetyAct. on Wed, 27 May 2026 09:57:10 GMT]]>@neil are there even consequences for not paying when they fine entities outside the UK (except being blocked)?

that doesn't seem to be very different from how the chinese government was demanding eg. google to "comply with laws of china"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/bootlegrydia/statuses/116645942446389818https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/bootlegrydia/statuses/116645942446389818Wed, 27 May 2026 09:57:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ofcom has fined another porn site operator - in Cyprus, I think - £600,000 under the UK's #OnlineSafetyAct. on Wed, 27 May 2026 09:56:14 GMT]]>@neil I wonder how long the government will keep these owed fines on their balance sheet...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/russss/statuses/116645938789520309https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/russss/statuses/116645938789520309Wed, 27 May 2026 09:56:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ofcom has fined another porn site operator - in Cyprus, I think - £600,000 under the UK's #OnlineSafetyAct. on Wed, 27 May 2026 09:48:43 GMT]]>@bloor @neil There might just be a line in the annual accounts each year "there are always various foreign legal cases going on, but investors don't need to worry about them."

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/TimWardCam/statuses/116645909216853211https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/TimWardCam/statuses/116645909216853211Wed, 27 May 2026 09:48:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ofcom has fined another porn site operator - in Cyprus, I think - £600,000 under the UK's #OnlineSafetyAct. on Wed, 27 May 2026 09:47:34 GMT]]>@TimWardCam @neil I wonder how/if these firms even account for these fines.

As a company registered in a foreign jurisdiction, they will almost certainly file annual accounts which might even be audited. Does a fine like this appear as a liability on the balance sheet even? Does a 'provision' get made for it?

Or it it just literally "you can't enforce this" so it's not a liability at all.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bloor.tw/users/bloor/statuses/116645904678363934https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bloor.tw/users/bloor/statuses/116645904678363934Wed, 27 May 2026 09:47:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ofcom has fined another porn site operator - in Cyprus, I think - £600,000 under the UK's #OnlineSafetyAct. on Wed, 27 May 2026 09:45:08 GMT]]>@neil Yeah, before I saw you last sentence I was gonna ask "have any of these fines ever been paid?"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/TimWardCam/statuses/116645895114142021https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/TimWardCam/statuses/116645895114142021Wed, 27 May 2026 09:45:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ofcom has fined another porn site operator - in Cyprus, I think - £600,000 under the UK's #OnlineSafetyAct. on Wed, 27 May 2026 09:43:31 GMT]]>@neil all starts to feel rather performative, doesn't it?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kavlak.uk/users/ahnlak/statuses/116645888735095185https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kavlak.uk/users/ahnlak/statuses/116645888735095185Wed, 27 May 2026 09:43:31 GMT