Florida Will Now Ban Teens Under 14 From Having Social Media

Florida has carried out restrictions that may ban youngsters from having social media accounts.

On Monday, Governor Ron DeSantis signed a invoice that can prohibit any baby underneath age 14 from signing up for a social media account. Kids over the age of 14 and 15 can have their very own profiles however should have the consent of their dad and mom earlier than signing up for websites equivalent to Fb, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and another apps. The invoice, generally known as HB 3, may even prohibit adolescents from viewing pornographic web sites equivalent to PornHub, which has slammed such payments.

Measures equivalent to these have been lengthy within the making, although questions remained relating to how they’d be carried out to maintain youngsters shielded from grownup content material. We now know that Florida would require age verification for anybody eager to view intercourse and social website web sites.

Florida is now the newest state to introduce a strict ban on social media and porn. Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Ohio, and Utah have additionally prioritized comparable payments. Nonetheless, in February, a decide briefly blocked Ohio’s legislation, with issues that it may violate teenagers’ First Modification rights, CNN studies. Final yr, Arkansas’ invoice was halted over comparable issues. Given the pushback from firms that produce specific content material, Florida is prone to face challenges in court docket.

Below HB3, social media platforms should delete the present accounts of any consumer underneath the age of 14 in Florida. People who fail to conform may face a $10,000 superb that have to be paid to the minor. Moreover, firms may face one other $50,000 superb for every violation. HB 3 will go into impact on January 1st, 2025.

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