Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) signed one of the most restrictive social media laws in 2024, banning social media accounts for children under 14 and requiring parental permission for accounts belonging to those under 16.
Judge Mark Walker said the law is “likely unconstitutional” while acknowledging that parents and lawmakers have “sincere concerns” about social media’s effects on children.
“Assuming the significance of the State’s interest in limiting the exposure of youth to websites with ‘addictive features,’ the law’s restrictions are an extraordinarily blunt instrument for furthering it,” Walker wrote.
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Matt Schruers, the president and CEO of the Computer & Communications Industry Association, celebrated the ruling.
“This ruling vindicates our argument that Florida’s statute violates the First Amendment by blocking and restricting minors — and likely
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