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Florida ban on kids using social media likely unconstitutional, judge rules
Judge grants injunction, says Florida law is “extraordinarily blunt instrument.”…
As applied to Plaintiffs' members alone, the law likely bans all youth under 14 from holding accounts on, at a minimum, four websites that provide forums for all manner of protected speech: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat. "This ruling vindicates our argument that Florida's statute violates the First Amendment by blocking and restricting minors—and likely adults as well—from using certain websites to view lawful content," CCIA CEO Matt Schruers said. Walker said his order "leaves in place new provisions of Florida law that require covered social media platforms to terminate any account held by a youth under 16 in the state upon the request of a parent or guardian."
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