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 I think Ofcom may be trying to make a not-very-subtle point to .gov.uk that their cunning plan isn't working.
@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?
@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?
