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Online Safety (Age-Restricted Social Media Platforms) Rules 2025

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The Australian Government has made the Online Safety (Age-Restricted Social Media Platforms) Rules 2025 under the Online Safety Act 2021. The Rules define what constitutes an 'age-restricted social media platform' and specify conditions that social media services must satisfy to be classified as age-restricted. The instrument also carves out certain classes of services from this classification.

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The Rules establish a formal framework for identifying age-restricted social media platforms by specifying additional conditions a service must satisfy to fall within this classification. The instrument also identifies classes of services explicitly excluded from the definition, such as messaging services, email platforms, and online gaming.

Social media platforms meeting the age-restricted threshold will face compliance obligations under the Online Safety Act 2021, including potential age-verification requirements and other safeguards for minors. Platform operators should review the definitions and exclusion categories to determine whether their services are captured by the new classification framework.

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Online Safety (Age-Restricted Social Media Platforms) Rules 2025

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- Part 1—Preliminary
- 1 Name
- 3 Authority
- 4 Definitions
- Part 2—Age-restricted social media platforms
- 4A Additional condition a service must satisfy to be an age-restricted social media platform
- 5 Classes of services that are not age-restricted social media platforms
- Endnotes
- Endnote 1—About the endnotes
- Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
- Endnote 3—Legislation history
- Endnote 4—Amendment history

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Part 1—Preliminary Part 2—Age-restricted social media platforms 4A Additional condition a service must satisfy to be an age-restricted social media platform 5 Classes of services that are not age-restricted social media platforms

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AU DoITRTDCA
Published
March 26th, 2026
Instrument
Rule
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Final
Change scope
Substantive
Document ID
F2025L00889
Docket
F2025L00889

Who this affects

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5112 Software & Technology
Activity scope
Social media regulation Age verification compliance
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Compliance
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