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DeSantis signs bill to restrict minors from social media

Florida Governor signs a bill banning children under 14 from social media and requiring parental consent for 14- and 15-year-olds. The bill aims to safeguard children's mental health.
The bill faced opposition from social media companies like Meta, who argued that it limits parental discretion and raises data privacy concerns.
The legislation in Florida, set to take effect in January, prohibits children under 14 from joining social media and ensures the deletion of their accounts by social media firms.

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The Guardian

Ron DeSantis signs Florida social media ban for children into law

Law will ban social media accounts for children under 14 once it takes effect but must still withstand expected legal challengesThe Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, has signed a law that has given his state one of the US’s most restrictive social media bans for minors, though it must still withstand expected legal challenges.Once it takes effect, the bill signed on Monday bans social media accounts for children under 14 and require parental permi…

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Florida's DeSantis signs law restricting social media for people under 16

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NDTV

Florida Passes Law Restricting Social Media For People Under 16

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that bans children aged under 14 from social media platforms and requires 14- and 15-year-olds to get parental consent, a measure supporters say will protect them from online risks to their mental health. The measure requires social media platforms to terminate the accounts of people under 14 and those of people under 16 who do not have parental consent. It requires them to use a third-party …

1 month ago·New Delhi, India

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Daily Mirror

Should under 14s be banned from social media? Vote in our poll

Florida governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that will ban under 14s from social media to prevent them from viewing "harmful material" - and we want to hear YOUR thoughts

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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Florida's DeSantis signs one of the country's most restrictive social media bans for minors

Florida will have one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors, if it withstands expected legal challenges. Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday that

1 month ago·United States

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