At this time we personally have no intentions to submit anything. If you are out of compliance with Ofcom, you are not immediately fined. Their approach will be to communicate first and try to help . And you'd have to be reported for that.
"If you’re found not to be complying with the OSA, Ofcom will generally aim to engage with you and ask you to fix it first.
If you’re still in breach, they will open a formal investigation. The outcome of this may be a “provisional notice of contravention”, which will detail the steps you must take, or fine you up to a maximum of 10% of worldwide revenue or £18m, whichever is greater."
If the following is true about your site. And your forum isn't full of predators or porn. You'll be alright. For now.
- easy-to-find, understandable terms and conditions;
- a complaints tool that allows users to report illegal or harmful material when they see it, backed up by a process to deal with those complaints;
- the ability to review content and take it down quickly if they have reason to believe it is illegal; and
- a specific individual responsible for compliance, who we can contact if we need to.
Things could change obviously. I personally am disgusted by the idea of forced internet ID. It's not there yet but in the meantime the current verification is ok for 99% of sites.
