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DeSantis Signs Bill Requiring Parental Consent For Kids Under 16 To Hold Social Media Accounts


Florida Governor Ron DeSantis just signed into law HB 3 [PDF], a bill that will give parents of teens under 16 more control over their kids' access to social media and require age verification for many websites. From a report: The bill requires social media platforms to prevent kids under 14 from cr...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis just signed into law HB 3[PDF], a bill that will give parents of teens under 16 more control over their kids' access to social media and require age verification for many websites. From a report: The bill requires social media platforms to prevent kids under 14 from creating accounts, and delete existing ones. The bill also requires many commercial apps and websites to verify their users' ages -- something that introduces a host of privacy concerns.

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