How Social Media Age Restrictions Could Impact Your Club

The Office of the eSafety Commissioner provides advice and training for sporting organisations.

WA Cricket recommends community cricket clubs and associations refer to the information shared below from the eSafety Commissioner, which includes upcoming online-training sessions. 

Advice for sport organisations 

From 10 December 2025, age-restricted social media platforms will have to take reasonable steps to prevent Australians under the age of 16 from creating or keeping an account. The restrictions aim to protect young Australians from pressures and risks that users can be exposed to while logged in to social media accounts. 

The age restrictions are likely to apply to Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X and YouTube, as well as other platforms. See the latest list.  

Social media services are widely used across the sporting community for many reasons. If your sport involves members under the age of 16, it’s important to prepare for upcoming restrictions. To get your organisation ready, sport leaders should consider the following: 

• Visit our social media age restrictions hub to see how this could impact your sporting community.  

• Talk with your committees about under-16s using age-restricted platforms in your sport. Use eSafety’s get-ready guides for families and young people to prepare. 

• Check in with your peak sport body to see if they have guidance.  

• Consider exploring new ways of communicating with young people and their parents.   

• If you're changing how your organisation uses social media, update your policies and clearly communicate changes to volunteers and members. 

To help organisations prepare, eSafety is offering a number of free 30-minute online sessions for educators, youth-serving professionals, parents and carers. 

Social media age restrictions explained – a guide for educators and youth-serving professionals   
🔗 Register here 

Social media age restrictions explained – a guide for parents and carers  
🔗 Register here 

 In addition, eSafety Commissioner also offers Play it safe online free webinars: 

Online safety 101 for community sport clubs 

This session is for community sport leaders and volunteers who want tips to create safer online spaces and learn how to respond to online abuse. 

📅 12 November 2025  
🕧 12:30 – 1:15pm AEDT  
🔗 Register here 

 Social media self-defence for athletes  

This session is for state, national and pathway athletes (18 years and over) who want to set up safer social media accounts and learn strategies to respond to online abuse.  

📅 26 November 2025  
🕧 12:30 – 1:15pm AEDT  
🔗 Register here