Ofcom, the UK’s online safety regulator, fined the provider of xgroovy.com £730,000 on 4 September 2026. It is another fine for an adult site without age checks, after Fapello in July.
£730KTotal fineAnnounced 4 Sep 2026.
£700KAge checksMissing from July to November 2025.
£30KInformation requestNot answered.
£200/dayUntil answeredOr until 3 Nov 2026.
What Ofcom decided
Ofcom says the site had no age checks between July 2025 and November 2025 (£700,000) and failed to answer a legally binding information request (£30,000), with a daily penalty of £200 until it answers or until 3 November 2026. The provider then introduced age checks Ofcom says can be highly effective, and later blocked UK visitors.
Why this does not remove your content
The fine is about age checks, not copyright. Nothing was ordered removed. A UK block only hides the site from UK visitors; your content stays online everywhere else, and search engines can still show it.
A UK block is not a takedownIf you are in the UK, the site may look gone. Check from another country, or run a scan, before you assume your content was removed.
What to do
- 01Keep sending takedownsRegulators don’t remove leaks for you. Copyright notices still do.
- 02Delist the pagesGoogle and Bing removals cut most of the traffic, wherever the site is blocked.
- 03Check mirrorsCopies on other domains need their own notices.
Sources
SOURCES01Ofcom · Porn site deploys age checks as Ofcom fines it £730,000 (4 Sep 2026)02Ofcom · Investigation into the provider of xgroovy.com
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Written by the Lock Leaks TeamBased on Ofcom’s announcements, listed in Sources.
