LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's media regulator on Thursday launched investigations into the compliance of four companies, which collectively run 34 pornography sites, following the country's new age-check requirement rules coming into force. Ofcom said it was formally probing whether the companies - 8579 LLC, AVS Group Ltd, Kick Online Entertainment S.A. and Trendio Ltd - had "highly effective" age verification checks in place to protect children from encountering pornography across the websites. These companies have been prioritised based on the risk of harm posed by the services they operate and their user numbers, the watchdog added. (Reporting by Catarina Demony; writing by Muvija M)
