Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has sued TikTok in St. Lucie County Circuit Court, alleging the platform violated HB 3 — the state's law barring children under 14 from social media and requiring parental consent for 15- and 16-year-olds. The complaint also accuses TikTok of misleading parents about content and using addictive design features targeting minors. This is the first major enforcement action under HB 3, making it a test case for the statute's constitutionality amid ongoing First Amendment challenges to age-gating laws nationwide. Florida has been aggressive on tech child-safety enforcement, having also recently sued OpenAI over ChatGPT's effects on children.
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