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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to social media use by minors; 2
amending s. 501.1736, F.S.; requiring social media 3
platforms to disable certain encryption features for a 4
specified purpose; providing an effective date. 5
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 7
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Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2), paragraph (b) 9
of subsection (3), and paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of 10
section 501.1736, Florid a Statutes, are amended to read: 11
501.1736 Social media use for minors. — 12
(2) 13
(b) A social media platform shall: 14
1. Terminate any account held by an account holder younger 15
than 14 years of age, including accounts that the social media 16
platform treats or categorizes as belonging to an account holder 17
who is likely younger than 14 years of age for purposes of 18
targeting content or advertising, and provide 90 days for an 19
account holder to dispute such termination. Termination must be 20
effective upon the expi ration of the 90 days if the account 21
holder fails to effectively dispute the termination. 22
2. Allow an account holder younger than 14 years of age to 23
request to terminate the account. Termination must be effective 24
within 5 business days after such request . 25
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3. Allow the confirmed parent or guardian of an account 26
holder younger than 14 years of age to request that the minor's 27
account be terminated. Termination must be effective within 10 28
business days after such request. 29
4. Permanently delete all persona l information held by the 30
social media platform relating to the terminated account, unless 31
there are legal requirements to maintain such information. 32
5. Disable end-to-end encryption or other data encryption 33
features that restrict the accessibility of me ssages so that a 34
minor's parent or legal guardian may view all messages and law 35
enforcement may view messages relevant to a felony criminal 36
investigation involving minors. 37
(3) 38
(b) A social media platform shall: 39
1. Terminate any account held by an acco unt holder who is 40
14 or 15 years of age, including accounts that the social media 41
platform treats or categorizes as belonging to an account holder 42
who is likely 14 or 15 years of age for purposes of targeting 43
content or advertising, if the account holder's parent or 44
guardian has not provided consent for the minor to create or 45
maintain the account. The social media platform shall provide 90 46
days for an account holder to dispute such termination. 47
Termination must be effective upon the expiration of the 90 day s 48
if the account holder fails to effectively dispute the 49
termination. 50
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2. Allow an account holder who is 14 or 15 years of age to 51
request to terminate the account. Termination must be effective 52
within 5 business days after such request. 53
3. Allow the confirmed parent or guardian of an account 54
holder who is 14 or 15 years of age to request that the minor's 55
account be terminated. Termination must be effective within 10 56
business days after such request. 57
4. Permanently delete all personal information hel d by the 58
social media platform relating to the terminated account, unless 59
there are legal requirements to maintain such information. 60
5. Disable end-to-end encryption or other data encryption 61
features that restrict the accessibility of messages so that a 62
minor's parent or legal guardian may view all messages and law 63
enforcement may view messages relevant to a felony criminal 64
investigation involving minors. 65
(4) If a court enjoins the enforcement of subsection (3) 66
or would otherwise enjoin enforcement of a ny other provision of 67
this section due to subsection (3), then subsection (3) shall be 68
severed, and the following shall come into effect: 69
(b) A social media platform shall: 70
1. Terminate any account held by an account holder who is 71
14 or 15 years of age , including accounts that the social media 72
platform treats or categorizes as belonging to an account holder 73
who is likely 14 or 15 years of age for purposes of targeting 74
content or advertising, and provide 90 days for an account 75
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holder to dispute such term ination. Termination must be 76
effective upon the expiration of 90 days if the account holder 77
fails to effectively dispute the termination. 78
2. Allow an account holder who is 14 or 15 years of age to 79
request to terminate the account. Termination must be eff ective 80
within 5 business days after such request. 81
3. Allow the confirmed parent or guardian of an account 82
holder who is 14 or 15 years of age to request that the minor's 83
account be terminated. Termination must be effective within 10 84
business days after s uch request. 85
4. Permanently delete all personal information held by the 86
social media platform relating to the terminated account, unless 87
there are legal requirements to maintain such information. 88
5. Disable end-to-end encryption or other data encryptio n 89
features that restrict the accessibility of messages so that a 90
minor's parent or legal guardian may view all messages and law 91
enforcement may view messages relevant to a felony criminal 92
investigation involving minors. 93
Section 2. This act shall take e ffect July 1, 2025. 94