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Florida mandates parental approval for minors to register on social media, strictly prohibits children younger than 14
Florida's Governor, Ron DeSantis, has ratified a fresh legislative act that essentially forbids children younger than 14 from accessing social media interfaces. Furthermore, individuals aged 14 and 15 must receive their parents' authorization when setting up or utilizing social media interfaces.
Florida, a state in the US, might soon necessitate parental approval for their kids to engage in social media platforms. The state's Governor, Ron DeSantis, has endorsed House Bill 3 (HB 3), which places rigorous regulations on the social media usage of minors.
Additionally, the law, set to be enforced from January 1st, completely bans the use of social media platforms by children below the age of 14.
According to HB 3, people who are 14 or 15 years old need permission from a parent or guardian to set up or use social media profiles. Social media firms are required to remove these profiles within five working days if asked, with potential fines of up to $10,000 for each breach.
If businesses are discovered to have intentionally or carelessly broken the law, they could face penalties of up to $50,000 for each occurrence.
The legislation doesn't explicitly name specific platforms, but it does include those that offer elements such as endless scrolling, showing response statistics, live broadcasting, and automatic video playback. Platforms for email, however, are not subject to these rules.
Furthermore, HB 3 includes an element of age confirmation for websites or applications considered to hold a substantial amount of content that could be damaging to users below 18 years old. Individuals from Florida who access these types of sites, such as those with explicit content, are required to validate their age using proprietary or third-party platforms. Nonetheless, this obligation does not apply to news outlets.
In order to tackle issues related to privacy, websites can choose to use a system that validates age anonymously, thus avoiding the storage of personal data. Non-compliance with this rule may lead to civil fines of $50,000 for each violation.
This law comes after DeSantis struck down a comparable bill earlier in the month as it did not include elements for parental approval. NetChoice, a body that represents social media platforms, has condemned HB 3 as being against the constitution. They claim that the part of the law requiring age confirmation could threaten privacy and security.
The Republican House Speaker, Paul Renner, stressed the importance of the law, citing worries about the vulnerability of young people to addictive tech. Renner expects legal objections from social media corporations, while DeSantis recognizes the possibility of First Amendment issues.
Florida isn't the pioneer state in implementing rules for the social media usage of youngsters, as comparable laws have previously been encountered with legal hurdles in Arkansas and California. At the same time, on a nationwide scale, the Act to Safeguard Children on Social Media suggests the necessity of parental approval for those below 18 years old, in the context of wider talks that contemplate possible prohibitions on platforms such as TikTok.
(Incorporating information from various sources)
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