1 CPD Unit (Substantive Law)
Are clients (and their platform-provider customers) across Australia ready for the new social media minimum age regime? Which services are actually caught, what does “reasonable steps” compliance look like in practice, and what age assurance measures are considered acceptable under the eSafety Commissioner’s guidance? With the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024 now in effect (from 10 December 2025), advisers will increasingly be asked to help clients interpret obligations, manage risk, and respond to regulator expectations.
Join Elma Li from WRP Legal as she unpacks the key compliance obligations for social media providers under Australia’s new minimum age framework, and what professional advisers should be watching when advising platform operators, app businesses, or clients with youth-facing services and products.
In this webinar, Elma will cover:
- who is impacted by the new law (including which services are likely to be captured as “age-restricted social media platforms” and how exclusions may apply);
- the key obligations on social media providers, including what “reasonable steps” may look like to prevent under-16s from creating or keeping accounts;
- age verification / age assurance measures that are generally considered acceptable (and which measures are unlikely to be sufficient on their own) in line with the eSafety Commissioner’s published guidance;
- practical considerations for advisers, including implementation challenges, privacy-by-design, record keeping, and responding to regulator enquiries; and
- whether there are similar bans or restrictions overseas, and what global trends may mean for clients operating across borders.
Whether you’re a lawyer, accountant, business adviser or business manager, this session will help you confidently spot the issues, ask the right questions of platform and technology clients, and translate the regime into practical risk and governance advice.
This webinar is suitable for professional advisers, accountants and lawyers and is pitched at an intermediate level.
The webinar runs for 1 hour and is being held at 12:00 Noon on Wednesday, 20 May 2026 Eastern Standard Time (10:00 AM WST). The cost is only $120. Register here now.
Continuing Professional Development
Legal CPD:
WA legal practitioners (QA Provider ID 29250)
1 CPD Unit, CPD Obligation Field 1 – Practice Management and Business Skills. To ensure you receive your CPD Units for this event, please provide us with your Legal Practice Board Practitioner ID during registration. Note: CPD Units are only available for participation in the live webinar. At this time, webinar recordings (for those that are registered for the live webinar but are unable to attend) are not eligible for WA Legal CPD Units.
Legal practitioners outside of WA
If you consider that this webinar satisfies your individual requirement, or is relevant to your immediate or long-term professional development needs, you may claim 0.5 CPD Units for every 30 minutes of attendance and participation.
Accounting CPD:
1 CPD Point
Presenter
Presenter: Elma Li
Associate, WRP Legal
Elma joined WRP Legal in February 2023 and quickly developed expertise in a range of intellectual property matters, including trade marks, copyright, confidential information, privacy, Australian Consumer Law, and technology issues. Elma is an Associate at WRP Legal.
Her responsibilities involve drafting and reviewing legal documents for intellectual property and commercial transactions, as well as managing various tasks within this dynamic field.
Elma is also the founder of the podcast Law on your Lounge, where she makes complex legal topics more accessible. She is dedicated to refining her expertise to provide exceptional service to her clients.
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