The BBC agreed not to identify the investigator who redacted account usernames to protect their investigation.
OnlyFans complained that it was treated unfairly because, it said, the BBC had refused to provide it with detail about the images, such as account handles or URLs.
This information, it argued, would have enabled it to find out if the images had ever been posted on the platform, or if they had, how quickly they had been removed or reported.
OnlyFans said that this had denied it a meaningful right of reply and left viewers with a misleading impression of its safety efforts.
In its written decision, Ofcom rejected the complaint.
It said OnlyFans had been provided with sufficient information to understand the nature of the allegations and given an appropriate and timely opportunity to respond.
OnlyFans made a separate complaint about the article published on the BBC News website. Ofcom is only required to publish an opinion for online material – but found it to be duly impartial and fair.
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