'Let parents decide' what kids can do online, argue tech groups in new lawsuit

The Computer and Communications Industry Association ( CCIA ) and NetChoice , two prominent tech-industry trade groups, have filed a lawsuit against a Florida law barring younger teens from social media.

Florida House Bill 3 requires social media platforms to categorically reject accounts from under anyone age 14 and to ban 14- and 15-year-old users unless they get parental permission.

The law also requires websites and apps to verify the ages of all visitors if the platform publishes material "harmful to minors".

The groups point out that section one of HB3 "does not focus on any particular content that may pose special risk to minors" It centers on how much minors seem to enjoy a particular platform, and "whether it employs tools designed to bring to their attention content they might like" Similar laws requiring age verification for adult sites have become popular among some Republicans .