Addressing a top priority of Speaker Paul Renner, the House on Tuesday will consider a bill that would prevent minors under age 16 from creating social media accounts.
The bill, in part, also would require social media platforms to terminate existing accounts that are “reasonably known” by the platforms to be held by minors younger than 16 and would allow parents to request that minors’ accounts be terminated.
Renner, R-Palm Coast, and other supporters of the bill (HB 1) contend that social media harms such things as children’s mental health.
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But Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, and NetChoice, a tech-industry group, have argued the measure could be unconstitutional and create data-privacy concerns.
During a floor session Tuesday, the House also will take up a bill (HB 3), sponsored by Rep. Chase Tramont, R-Port Orange, and Rep. Toby Overdorf, R-Palm City, that would require age verification to try to prevent people under age 18 from having access to such things as pornography on websites and apps.
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