Playboy in 'porn on website' shocker..
Playboy's UK websites have been slapped (oo-er!) with a whopping
£100,000 fine for failing to provide adequate age controls on explicit
material.
The world's most famous purveyor of nudity had offered
access to explicit videos from its Playboy TV and Demand Adult portals,
without users having to prove their date of birth.
Government
regulator Ofcom said the company's "I am over 18" button was not a
suitable age verification mechanism and accused Playboy UK of failing
to protect children.
In a verdict published on Wednesday
Ofcom concluded that: "Playboy's failure to protect children from
potentially accessing these sites was serious, repeated and reckless."
Why Ofcom?
You're
probably wondering why Ofcom, the government's communications
watchdog, has any juristiction over the way Playboy conducts its online
business.
The regulator explained in its verdict: "Unlike other
pornographic websites, [Playboy's] websites are regulated by Ofcom and
its concurrent regulator, the Authority for Video On Demand (ATVOD).
"This
is because they provide access to videos in a similar way to adult
services broadcast on television – and fall within UK jurisdiction"
Playboy
is only the second provider of 'art videos' to be penalised by Ofcom.
In December 2012, it fined the Strictly Broadband adult website £60,000
for committing a similar offence.
source
No comments:
Post a Comment