Governor Ron DeSantis signed the revamped social media bill that restricts minors from opening social media accounts Monday.
DeSantis speaking today from a charter school in Jacksonville about signing the controversial bill into law.
DeSantis had vetoed an earlier version of the bill that targeted social media users under 16 and would have banned them regardless of parent consent.
The House voted 109-4 to approve the amended bill (HB 3), which passed the Senate earlier in March.
House Speaker Paul Renner joined the governor saying social media is the primary platform on which children are trafficked and it also influences their mental health with addictive features.
The anti-digital-trafficking law will be challenged in court, which DeSantis vows to fight.
The new law prevents children under age 16 from opening social-media accounts.
Although it allows parents to give consent for 14- and 15-year-olds to have accounts. Children under 14 cannot open accounts.
Tech-industry and free-speech groups have already signaled that the bill is likely to face a First Amendment court challenge.