--- title: "Florida sues TikTok over its child social-media law" url: https://daily.dev/posts/florida-sues-tiktok-over-its-child-social-media-law-mfcps5luh source_url: https://thenextweb.com/news/florida-sues-tiktok-over-its-child-social-media-law type: article source: "The Next Web" published: 2026-06-16T07:43:18.289Z updated: 2026-06-16T07:43:41.095Z tags: ["social-media", "tiktok", "regulation"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Florida sues TikTok over its child social-media law **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary 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. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [EU charges TikTok with failing to protect children’s privacy under the DSA](https://daily.dev/posts/eu-charges-tiktok-with-failing-to-protect-children-s-privacy-under-the-dsa-tzvjckz9x) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Judge clears states to try claim that Meta hooked children on Facebook and Instagram](https://daily.dev/posts/judge-clears-states-to-try-claim-that-meta-hooked-children-on-facebook-and-instagram-pq6ihibbp) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#social-media](https://daily.dev/tags/social-media), [#tiktok](https://daily.dev/tags/tiktok), [#regulation](https://daily.dev/tags/regulation) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/florida-sues-tiktok-over-its-child-social-media-law-mfcps5luh)