Ofcom discovers issuing Online Safety Act fines is easier than collecting them
REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Oliver Griffiths, group director at Ofcom, said the regulator's enforcement action had primarily focused on smaller companies in the pornography industry. Its largest fine under the OSA, for example, was the £1.4 million ($1.88 million) penalty imposed on 8579 LLC in February. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); However, Ofcom plans to pursue larger companies, which Griffiths said should make difficulties collecting fines less pronounced."I think it looks acute at the moment," he told peers on Tuesday.
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- ▪Its largest fine under the OSA, for example, was the £1.4 million ($1.88 million) penalty imposed on 8579 LLC in February.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); However, Ofcom plans to pursue larger companies, which Griffiths said should make difficulties collecting fines less pronounced."I think it l
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