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Evening Standard
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Holly Williams

File-sharing service fined £20,000 amid Online Safety Act crackdown

File sharing service Im.ge has been fined £20,000 by Ofcom (Alamy/PA) -

File-sharing service Im.ge has been fined £20,000 for failing to provide information to Ofcom in the latest penalty by the watchdog since the Online Safety Act came into force earlier this year.

Ofcom launched an investigation into Im.ge in June, alongside six other file-sharing services.

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