Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs social media ban for minors as legal fight looms
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MIAMI - With the state preparing for a legal challenge from the tech industry, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a high-profile bill aimed at keeping children off social media platforms.
"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 month overwhelmingly passed the bill (HB 3), which House Speaker Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, made a priority of the annual legislative session. The bill, in part, seeks to prevent children under age 16 from opening social media accounts on at least some platforms — though it would allow parents to give consent for 14- and 15-year-olds to have accounts. Children under 14 could not open accounts.
