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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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Social media restrictions for kids

TALLAHASSEE, Tenn. — A federal court in Florida declined to enjoin the state from enforcing HB3, a law meant to keep social media platforms from adversely affecting children’s mental health through addictive features such as the infinite scroll, autoplaying videos, push notifications and feed personalization. Restricting these features does not implicate the First Amendment, regulating the contracts children can enter into is constitutional and Younger abstention bars the request for relief.

Read the ruling here.

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