Ofcom has fined another porn site operator - in Cyprus, I think - £600,000 under the UK's #OnlineSafetyAct.
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.)
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@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?
@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.
If any are paid I would be shocked and surprised.
@neil I wonder how long the government will keep these owed fines on their balance sheet...
@neil Yeah, before I saw you last sentence I was gonna ask "have any of these fines ever been paid?"
@neil all starts to feel rather performative, doesn't it?
