Resolves on the same Ofcom enforcement pages. YES if any age-assurance penalty decision is published on or before 23:59 GMT on 20 November 2026. Penalties under other duties or other statutes do not count. If that source has not published in time, BBC News and The Guardian settle it.
Ofcom has published six age-check fines since the rules began. We looked at all of them, from 25 July 2025, when the duties took effect, to 20 August 2026, one for each company fined. For each we asked the question the first market asks: did Ofcom add a separate fine because the company did not answer its legal requests for information? Fines under other rules, and open cases with no decision yet, are left out.