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UK communications regulator Ofcom fined Cyprus-based Youngtek Solutions Ltd £600,000 for operating four adult websites without age verification for nearly three months after the Online Safety Act's requirements took effect in July 2025. The penalty is the latest in a series of escalating fines — totalling over £3.8 million — that test whether financial punishment can compel a global, largely offshore industry to comply with UK child-safety rules, even as privacy advocates warn the underlying verification systems create new surveillance risks.