“Social media harms children in a variety of ways,” said Gov. Ron DeSantis. “HB 3 gives parents a greater ability to protect their children.'
Florida will have one of the country's most restrictive social media bans for minors — if it withstands expected legal challenges — under a bill signedby Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday.
The bill DeSantis vetoed would have banned minors under 16 from popular social media platforms regardless of parental consent. But before the veto, he worked out compromise language with Renner to alleviate the governor's concerns and the Legislature sent DeSantis a second bill. Supporters in Florida hope the bill will withstand legal challenges because it would ban social media formats based on addictive features such as notification alerts and auto-play videos, rather than on their content.Renner said he expects social media companies to"sue the second after this is signed. But you know what? We're going to beat them. We're going to beat them and we're never, ever going to stop.
"Any time I see a bill, if I don't think it's constitutional, I veto it," said DeSantis, a lawyer, expressing confidence that the social media ban will be upheld."We not only satisfied me, but we also satisfied, I think, a fair application of the law and Constitution."
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