A federal judge has barred state officials from enforcing a Florida law that would ban social media accounts for young children, while a legal challenge against the law plays out.

Has Florida’s social media law been challenged in court? DeSantis signed HB3 into law on March 25, but many opponents of the law say it violates First Amendment rights.

Florida’s bill goes further than similar social media bills in Montana, Ohio, and Utah. The bill is similar to an Arkansas law banning those under 18 from using social media.

"If you see something, say something" paid off as investigators say a woman who saw messages on her boyfriend’s Instagram ...

A federal judge Tuesday blocked a 2024 Florida law aimed at keeping children off social-media platforms, saying it likely violates First Amendment rights and pointing to the role of parents in ...

Florida Legislature has been working on restricting minors' access to social media for some time, citing fears of bullying, sex trafficking, depression and suicide among the youth.

Florida bans social media for children under 14 as of 2025. Here's what happens next New social media law would go into effect Jan. 1, 2025 ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions from the media, March 7, 2023, at the state Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday, March 25, 2024 that bans kids ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Starting Wednesday, Jan. 1, a new Florida law will impose strict limits on social media use for children under the age of 16. Known as the “Online Protections for Minors ...

How will the Florida social media ban for minors work? Here’s a quick rundown of exactly how HB 3 plans to prevent minors from accessing social media. Any child under 14 years of age will no ...

As Justice Sonia Sotomayor noted to Florida's solicitor general, “It seems like your law is covering just about every social media platform on the internet.”. The ways these laws apply to the ...

The Florida law is a response to conservatives’ belief that social media companies unfairly target their limitations on speech. One can dispute how much that is actually true, but high-profile ...