Florida Social Media Restrictions Likely Constitutional, Court Rules
“Truth Social is just as likely as Instagram to be affected” by the law, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals said.
A Florida law that that prohibits platforms with “addictive features” from allowing anyone under 14 to create or maintain accounts, and requires those platforms to obtain parental consent before allowing 14- or 15-year-olds to create or maintain accounts, likely does not violate the First Amendment, a federal appellate court has ruled.
A three-judge panel of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals said in an opinion issued Wednesday that the law “implicates the First Amendment,” but is probably “content neutral” because it doesn’t target speech based on viewpoint.
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