A social media ban in Florida passed this week under Governor Ron DeSantis. Over the past couple of years, there’s been a rise in social media and online safety legislation aimed at children. California, Utah, Ohio, and Arkansas also brought bills to the state level that didn’t pass, leaving Florida as the first to forge the path for heavily restricted social media.
These bills are intended to aid in children’s addiction to social media and its harmful effects on minors. However, two building blocks of these bills shatter the foundation when applying just the tiniest of pressure, digital privacy and the First Amendment.
