Rubio: Courts Will Ax FL’s Social Media Ban For Minors

February 7, 2024 Republicans, Social Media

Florida Politics reports:

Legislation that passed the Florida House and is now moving through the Senate that would ban Floridians under the age of 16 from having social media accounts is drawing doubts from Florida’s senior Senator. Marco Rubio said he thinks courts would strike it down.

His “only concern about it would be that social media is not a state phenomenon. It is an interstate commerce issue. It involves things across state lines. It’s very difficult for states to regulate that. My sense is some court would probably strike it down on those grounds,” he told an Orlando NPR station.

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DeSantis has expressed similar concerns, but the bill has already passed in the Florida House and was advanced yesterday by a Florida Senate committee.

The bill’s author, state Rep. Erin Grall, appeared here last year for her bill that would require rape victims to show proof of having been raped in order to qualify for an abortion exception.

Grall that same month authored a bill that would fine trans people $10,000 for using the “wrong” public restroom.

‘Some court would probably strike it down.’@MarcoRubio has doubts about Florida plan to ban youth from social media.

Reporting by @AGGancarski https://t.co/ImGJlf8XbY #FlaPol pic.twitter.com/7DzjEgufRt

— Phil Ammann (@PhilAmmann) February 7, 2024