Senate panel to hear youth social media ban questioned by Ron DeSantis
Monday will offer the first Senate hearing on legislation (SB 1788) banning people under 16 years old from social media.
The Judiciary Committee will hear Sen. Erin Grall’s bill that bans them from creating new accounts, and requires platforms to terminate existing accounts held by those youth.
The bill is similar to HB 1, a priority of House Speaker Paul Renner that has already been voted on and sent to the Senate. Renner’s bill was passed despite legal challenges in Utah and Ohio,
Yet questions remain in the executive branch about its legality.
“There have been other states that have tried to do similar things that have met resistance in the courts,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said last month. “Not...
