A federal appeals court on Wednesday allowed Florida to enforce \u200ba state law barring children under 14 from accessing social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok or Snapchat, rejecting \u200ctech industry groups’ claims that the law violates the US Constitution\u2019s free speech protections, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel on the Atlanta-based 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a lower court\u2019s preliminary injunction blocking the law, known as H.B. 3. The court said the law does not \u200bregulate the content hosted by social media sites and therefore doesn\u2019t run afoul of the First Amendment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The law bars \u200bsocial media platforms that have so-called addictive features, which include things like video autoplay and infinite scroll, from allowing children under the age of 14 to create accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tech industry groups NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association, which count Meta Platforms, TikTok and Snap as members, had sued in \u200b2024 to block the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Florida was among the first of several states to pass a law regulating social media use for children amid a broader reckoning over the apps\u2019 role in young people\u2019s mental health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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