Dead to Rights: Florida's New Juvenile Social Media Law Is in First Amendment Crosshairs

[https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/florida-child-social-media-ban-faces-free-speech-challenges-19462124](https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/florida-child-social-media-ban-faces-free-speech-challenges-19462124)

Though the wave of social media regulations on juvenile usage is a novel development, the question of how far lawmakers can go in controlling youth access to media is one that federal courts have been weighing for decades.

Free speech scholars skeptical of the new Florida social media law's fate point to the U.S. Supreme Court's 2011 decision to axe a California law that prohibited the sale of "violent video games" to those under 18.

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