Social Media Obligations - 2024 Legislation Changes Explained
Learn about the 2024 legislative changes impacting social media, including the minimum age requirement. Understand the difference between social media and digital communication platforms and how to navigate child safety, eSafety, privacy, and cyber security concerns.
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Social Media Leader of Adults conference February 2025
Todays answer is: It depends. Until we have a list of social media platforms (the legislation has a process to create that list) we don t know what is in or out. The minister has indicated what is likely to be defined as a social media platform (See slide 5)
Understanding our social media obligations Today we will cover: 1. Difference between social media and digital communication platforms 2. What were the 2024 legislative changes (Social media minimum age) 3. What the changes mean for our members and Scouts Victoria 4. And explain relationship between Child safe eSafety Privacy Cyber security
Start with four pieces CHILD SAFE eSAFETY Operate in a way that protects children and young people Topics: Child Safe standards (e.g. two-up) Ensure online interactions are safe Topics: cyberbullying, revenge-porn, extremist content Commission for Children and Young People (VIC) ccyp.vic.gov.au eSafety Commissioner esafety.gov.au INFORMATION PRIVACY CYBER SECURITY Handle member information carefully Topics: Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) Protect data and systems through good digital practices Topics: Passphrases, multi-factor, phishing Office of the Australian Information Commissioner oaic.gov.au Australian Cyber Security Centre cyber.gov.au
What is social media? Social Media Enable people to widely share content (often about themselves) Strangers can comment, like/dislike, and share that content more widely Digital Communication Platforms Provide direct and private messaging, video calls, etc More controlled and intimate interactions among specific groups or individuals To be clear, the Government expects that this broader definition will capture services that are commonly accepted to be social media, and the services that are causing many parents the most concern. This will, at a minimum, include TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), among others. Ministers statement in parliament. This statement is an indication, it isn t law.
Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024 Social Media platforms have to take reasonable steps to enforce minimum age of 16. They have 12 months to get organised i.e. around end of this year. The legislation doesn t have a list of Social Media platforms. The minister and eSafety Commissioner will prepare that in the next few months. The list will change. Our members Under 16s can t use social media Scouts Victoria We should expect that our members under 16 are not using the platforms and design our digital interactions to respect that.
