Florida Legislature Passes Another Social Media Bill Aimed at Protecting Minors

The state’s 2024 legislative session ends on March 8.
Florida Legislature Passes Another Social Media Bill Aimed at Protecting Minors
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With two days left in this year’s legislative session, Florida lawmakers sent their second attempt at regulating social media to the desk of Gov. Ron DeSantis.

House Bill 3: Online Protections for Minors was passed by the State Senate on March 6 with a vote of 30–5 after voting in favor of an amendment that essentially transformed the broader bill into a rewritten version of the one Mr. DeSantis vetoed last week. It was sent back to the House of Representatives and was passed to the governor’s office with a vote of 109–4. The original version passed unanimously.
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