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OnlyFans requires government-issued ID plus a live selfie (.gif) processed by third‑party vendors to confirm users are at least 18 and to match identity documents to faces; the company says verificati...
The supplied analyses paint a mixed picture: , creating a high-risk, high-reward environment . Other jurisdictions highlighted include countries pushing age-verification and online-safety laws that ra...
Several countries and subnational jurisdictions had proposed mandatory age‑verification schemes for adult sites by 2025; some moved to binding rules (notably France and parts of the UK’s Online Safety...
GB News is owned through holding company All Perspectives Ltd with principal backers including hedge‑fund billionaire Sir Paul Marshall and Dubai‑based Legatum (often called Legatum Group/Legatum Ltd)...
OnlyFans’ published policy and privacy page state the platform is for people “at least 18 years of age” and that identity/age checks (government ID + selfie) are required for creators and collaborator...
OnlyFans’ public privacy policy says identity and related records may be retained to satisfy legal and regulatory obligations — in some jurisdictions that can be “up to 7 years” — and the company link...
OnlyFans’ published privacy policy and transparency centre instruct users to submit data requests through an in‑account ticket or by emailing [email protected], and they name a Data Protection Officer...
OnlyFans says it collects identity documents, selfies and other KYC data and relies on third‑party verification and tokenized payment processors to handle sensitive bits; it also claims users can with...
UK law allows arrests over social-media posts under several overlapping statutes: legacy “communications offences” (section 1 Malicious Communications Act 1988 and section 127 Communications Act 2003)...
Only available reporting does not produce a single, authoritative count of how many minors have been "reported on OnlyFans" since 2020; investigators and regulators document , but the platform’s own d...
Imgur blocked access for users connecting from UK IP addresses starting 30 September 2025, showing a “content not viewable in your region” message and stopping logins, viewing and uploads for UK accou...
By mid‑2025 several Western jurisdictions had active mandatory age‑verification rules for adult websites: the UK’s Online Safety Act began enforcing “strong age checks” on July 25, 2025 , France enact...
Available reporting and official briefings do not provide a single, definitive count of arrests made under the Online Safety Act (OSA) in 2024 for social‑media posts; government datasets are by offenc...
Available reporting shows regulatory action against OnlyFans itself over its age/ID verification practices — notably Ofcom investigations and fines in 2025 — but the search results do not document a c...
OnlyFans requires government-issued ID plus a live selfie check and payment information for creators; the platform uses third-party identity vendors such as Ondato and (in some reporting) Yoti to run ...
The Online Safety Act gives Ofcom statutory powers to require platforms to use “accredited technology” to detect illegal content — including tools that would operate on private or end‑to‑end encrypted...
Major mainstream video platforms are moving away from “unrestricted” viewing: YouTube now requires users to be inferred or verified as over 18 before seeing age‑restricted videos, and several national...
Ofcom and campaign groups have lodged dozens of complaints and multiple formal investigations into GB News for alleged political bias, breaches of impartiality and hatespeech; notable actions include ...
Governments in multiple regions now require enforced age verification for adult websites: a major wave of U.S. states have passed laws obliging sites that host “substantial” adult content to verify us...
OnlyFans uses third‑party identity and age‑verification vendors — most directly documented is Ondato, which OnlyFans touts as a “trusted and valued business partner” and the source of its selfie/ID fa...