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DeSantis also signed a bill that places an eight-year term limits for school board members.

Florida A&M University has blocked TikTok from its campus wifi and school devices. Other universities are considering the move. Proposed legislation would go much further.

Some suggestions for mitigating the impact of social media included considering age restrictions, requiring warning labels or requesting funds from social media companies to help support the care that some teens may end up needing.

The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the U.S. solicitor general to file briefs about the federal government’s position as states target social media companies.

UF is warning about the possibility of banning the popular social media app on university devices and WiFi networks.

The state wants justices to overturn a May decision by an appeals court that blocked key parts of the law on First Amendment grounds. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle described the law as “riddled with imprecision and ambiguity.”

Attorneys for the state and online-industry groups plan to go to the U.S. Supreme Court in a battle about a Florida law that would crack down on social-media giants such as Facebook and Twitter.

Dealing a major setback to Gov. Ron DeSantis, a three-judge appellate panel on Monday ruled that a 2021 Florida law targeting social-media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter unconstitutionally restricts the companies’ First Amendment rights.

As a battle continues about the constitutionality of a Florida law that seeks to crack down on social-media giants such as Facebook and Twitter, a federal appeals court has allowed a similar Texas law to take effect.

A federal appeals court is slated to hear arguments in May about a Florida law that puts restrictions on social media companies.