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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Anna Wise

Pornography provider fined £1m by watchdog over weak age checks

AVS Group Ltd has been hit with a £1 million fine by Ofcom (Dominic Lipinski/PA) - (PA Wire)

A pornography company that runs 18 adult websites has been fined £1 million by watchdog Ofcom for not having strong enough age checks.

AVS Group Ltd has been hit with the fine, plus a further £50,000 for failing to respond to information requests.

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