LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)

This seemed like a fairly high bar before anything serious happens:

Enforcement

If you’re found not to be complying with the OSA, Ofcom will notify you and ask you to fix it first (a “provisional notice of contravention”). If you don’t, they have the ability to fine you up to 10% of worldwide revenue or £18m (through a “confirmation decision”). The purpose of these fines is to act as a deterrent, not to put you out of business.

If a service doesn’t comply with a confirmation decision, and Ofcom believes the risk of harm is sufficiently high, they can deploy “business disruption measures”, by ordering ISPs, service providers, or app stores to block the service.

If you fail to comply with a requirement in the confirmation decision, and the requirement relates to children’s online safety, you can be prosecuted (s138). Corporate officers can be made personally liable for these offences (s202).

It all seems quite the ballache to comply though