Britain fines porn website $2m over age checks failure

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AVS Group is the third company that Ofcom has fined under Britain's new online safety regime. -AAP Image

Britain has fined a porn website company Stg1 million ($A2 million) for not having robust age checks in place to protect children, the biggest penalty to be imposed so far under its new online safety regime.

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