Office of the eSafety Commissioner

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Setting rules, monitoring platforms and enforcing compliance with the minimum‑age law

From midnight on December 10, 2025, Australian teenagers woke up locked out of Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube and more. Under a new law, anyone under 16 is banned from holding an account on ten of the biggest social platforms; companies that fail to purge under-age users face fines of up to A$49.5 million.

Updated May 10