Florida lawmakers approve bill banning social media for teens under 16The Florida House of Representatives passed a bill that would prohibit anyone under the age of 16 from signing up for most social media platforms, even if they have their parents’ approval. Lakshmiprasad S/Getty Images...
MIAMI- A Florida bill banningsocial mediause for minors heads to Governor Ron DeSantis' desk. It would be among the nation's most restrictive for kids under 16. On Thursday night, at a town hall held at Miami Killian Senior High, a family discussed the dangers of social media. Orlando ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida children under the age of 16 would be banned from popular social media platforms regardless of parent approval under a bill passed by the House on Wednesday, a measure that is the top priority for the chamber's speaker.
Gov.Ron DeSantison Monday signed a high-profile bill aimed at keeping children offsocial mediaplatforms."You better believe, I am going to fight like hell to uphold this in court," Attorney General Ashley Moody said during a bill-signing event in Jacksonville.Lawmakers this...
The University of Florida has officially banned use of the social media app TikTok on university-owned devices and on devices connected to school Wi-Fi.
The two lobbying groups, however, maintain that the bill conflicts with federal law, namely Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which insulates online platforms from legal action when scrubbing content or banning users, so long as the firms act in“good faith.”They also insist the ...
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The University of Oklahoma and Auburn University have taken similar measures in recent months as state and federal lawmakers weigh banning the popular video app owned by Chinese company ByteDance.
The states have argued that social media companies should be treated like any business and be restricted from removing posts or banning users from their platforms based upon their views. The platforms, Florida's attorney general said, serve as hosts to users' posts and abused their "market domi...