Australia’s New Social Media Law: What Parents Need to Know & How to Stay in Control

The Big Change

Starting December 2025, Australia has introduced strict regulations preventing anyone under 16 from creating or maintaining accounts on major social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, and more. Platforms face fines up to A$49.5 million if they fail to comply.

This law aims to protect children online—but it also raises questions for parents about how to manage internet access safely and effectively.

What Does This Mean for Your Family?

1. Kids under 16 cannot have social media accounts, but they can still browse logged out.
2. Platforms will use age verification checks, which may involve ID scans or location tracking.
3. Tech-savvy teens might try VPNs to bypass restrictions, exposing them to risks like scams and unfiltered content.

Take Control with reCIPHER™ SOHO‑PRO & NextDNS

At reCIPHER™, we believe parents should have full control of their home internet—without relying on social media companies.

Our SOHO‑PRO Internet Gateway gives you:

1. ✅ Total Network Control: Manage internet and Wi-Fi for every device in your home.
2. ✅ Privacy Protection: Mask or change your IP address globally in seconds by selecting a new VPN location.
3. ✅ Advanced Parental Controls: Block unsafe sites, set time limits, and monitor usage—all from one dashboard.
4. ✅ DNS Encryption using DoH, DoT and QUIC : Encrypt your DNS and Internet Browsing from your ISP, Websites, Apps and other monitoring and spying services
5. ✅ VPN Encryption using Surfshark Wireguard : Change your location, mask your IP Address, access region restricted content, and Encrypt ALL Internet traffic from every connected device, including both Wired and WiFi

Stay Protected Even When Kids Are Away

Partnering with NextDNS, we extend your control beyond the home:

1. Block or allow entire services, games, and websites.
2. Stop proxies, VPNs, and other evasion techniques.
3. Apply custom filters for age-appropriate browsing.
4. Protects devices even when outside of your network with the NextDNS App
5. Pricing starts as low as $19 USD per year!

With reCIPHER™ + NextDNS, you stay in charge—anywhere, anytime.

NextDNS - Realtime DNS Filtering for reCIPHER GATEWAYS & Mobile Devices

Why This Matters

1. Maintain insight into your kids' devices when away from home or using Mobile Data: rKids are more technically savvy then we can imagine. When your kids' devices are either away from home or using Mobile Data, you can still have control and prevent unwanted usage with the NextDNS App.  
2. Avoid risky workarounds: VPN bypass attempts can expose kids to harmful content.
3. Privacy-first approach: No need to share sensitive ID data with social platforms.
4. Future-proof your home: As regulations evolve, your family stays safe and connected.

reCIPHER DASHBOARD - CLIENTS: Easily manage your connected devices [also known as Clients] with single click Web Blocking, Speed Limiting and Traffic Management

reCIPHER GATEWAY - VPN DASHBOARD: Easily see which VPN service is active as well as your selected Location

WIREGUARD DASHBOARD: Change your 'location' for every connected device in seconds to change your IP Address, unlock region restricted content and pricing

ADGUARD DASHBOARD: Automatically ENCRYPT your DNS traffic with Adguard and DoH, DoT and QUIC

ADGUARD BLOCKLISTS: Prevent your systems from accessing automatically updated lists of 1M+ known malicious locations like malware and phishing sites

Call to Action

Ready to take control of your family’s online safety?

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Visit www.reCIPHER.com or call 1300‑420‑964.

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