A Florida law that restricted teenagers from creating certain social media accounts was preliminarily enjoined by a federal district court, which ruled Tuesday that the statute was likely unconstitutional.
It’s the latest defeat for a state social media ban or restriction, an outcome that has happened more than once in federal courts after constitutional challenges by tech groups like NetChoice.
However, social media companies covered by the law will still have to delete “any account held by a youth under 16 in the state upon the request of a parent or guardian,” Judge Mark E. Walker, of ...