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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

State Social Media Law Patchwork Emerging: Florida Passes Law to Restrict Minors’ Use of Online Services

On March 25, 2024, Governor Ron DeSantis signed Florida’s HB 3. The law requires that social media platforms prohibit users under 14 years old from creating accounts and requires these platforms to obtain parental consent for...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Utah Passes New Versions of Social Media Laws for Minors in Response to Challenges

On March 13, 2024, Governor Spencer Cox signed Utah’s Social Media Amendments, SB 194 and HB 464. Utah was the first state last year to pass laws strictly limiting minors’ use of social media. These laws were challenged in...more

Napoli Shkolnik

Can America Regulate Social Media?

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When the CEOs of the biggest social media companies were brought before Congress in January to answer for the devastating effects of social media on young people, Mark Zuckerberg turned heads by turning his own and...more

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US Lawmakers Continue Legislative Focus on Children’s Online Privacy and Social Media Use

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On April 26, 2023, a bipartisan coalition of federal lawmakers proposed a new piece of legislation that would impose additional guardrails around the use of social media by children under eighteen. The Protecting Kids on...more

Console and Associates, P.C.

The Growing Number of Social Media Lawsuits Highlights the Risks of Social Media Self-Harm and Addiction Among Children and Teens

Because of technology, kids today are, in many ways, growing up in an entirely different world than their parents did. While some of these differences are for the better, the technology that affects kids’ lives on a daily...more

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