{
  "node_id": "au-online-safety-social-media-minimum-age-act-2024",
  "title": "Australia Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024 - Prohibition of Under-16 Social Media Accounts, Effective 10 December 2025",
  "domain": "Cybersecurity",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-06-04",
  "bluf": "Designated social media platforms operating in Australia (initially Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitter, Threads, Twitch, Kick, and YouTube as of 10 December 2025, with more potentially added) must take reasonable steps to prevent persons under 16 located in Australia from holding accounts on their services under the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024 (passed by the Parliament of Australia on 29 November 2024, with the ban commencing on 10 December 2025), by creating age verification systems, with civil penalties of up to 30,000 penalty units for non-compliance increasing to 150,000 penalty units (currently AUD 49.5 million) for breach of the minimum age obligation, and with the Minister for Communications and eSafety Commissioner empowered to designate additional platforms over time.",
  "paywall": {
    "status": "LOCKED",
    "unlock_cost_usd": "0.01",
    "skyfire_id": "41779894-ece2-4163-9761-b3b1b76e19b0"
  },
  "crosswalks": {
    "_available_keys": [
      "nist_framework",
      "iso_standard",
      "industry_mapping",
      "ai_overlay_2026"
    ],
    "_note": "Full crosswalk values included in vault response"
  },
  "dependencies": [
    "au-osa-phase-2-industry-codes-2025"
  ],
  "primary_citations_count": 7
}