Bill would prohibit teenagers from creating an account, and is now headed to the state’s Republican-controlled senate
Florida lawmakers advanced a bill on Wednesday that would prohibit social media platforms from allowing young teens to have an account while requiring everyone else to verify their age.
The measure prohibits anyone under 16 from creating a new social media account and requires platforms to delete existing accounts held by minors who are younger than 16. It also would require social media companies to delete any personal information from the accounts and for the platforms to use a “nongovernmental, independent, third-party not affiliated with the social media platform” to verify users’ age.
The bill passed the Florida house with a bipartisan 106-13 vote and now heads to the Republican-controlled senate.
How they think this is gonna go: “Haha, now that we got all those youngins off the ticktoks they have to listen to us and believe what we tell them”
How it’s really gonna go: “JUNIOR GET THE FUCK IN HERE! I need to see the new Trump meme from aunt Karen, why the hell does my facebook have ‘blocked in the state of Florida’ all over it? What’d you do to it?”