美国一家上诉法院裁定，佛罗里达州可实施针对14岁以下儿童的社交媒体账号禁令。该裁决驳回了科技行业关于该措施违反宪法言论自由保护规定的主张。
A US appeals court allowed Florida to enforce its social media account ban for children under 14. The ruling rejects industry claims that the measure violates constitutional free speech protections.
周三，位于亚特兰大的美国第十一巡回上诉法院一致裁定，佛罗里达州可执行一项禁止14岁以下儿童使用Instagram、TikTok及Snapchat等社交媒体平台的法律，同时驳回了多家科技行业组织提出的该法律违反美国宪法言论自由条款的申诉。
A federal appeals court on Wednesday allowed Florida to enforce a state law barring children under 14 from accessing social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok or Snapchat, rejecting tech industry groups' claims that the law violates the US Constitution’s free speech protections.
在这项全体法官一致通过的裁决中，上诉法院撤销了下级法院此前发布的临时禁令——该禁令曾阻止H.B.3号法案的实施。法院指出，该法案并未对社交媒体平台上的内容加以管控，因此并不违背美国宪法第一修正案的规定。
In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel on the Atlanta-based 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a lower court’s preliminary injunction blocking the law, known as H.B. 3. The court said the law does not regulate the content hosted by social media sites and therefore doesn’t run afoul of the First Amendment.
由唐纳德·特朗普总统任命的巡回上诉法院法官凯文·纽瑟姆在裁决书中写道：“H.B.3号法案的适用范围完全不受平台上讨论的主题或传递的思想、信息的影响；即便是Truth Social这样的平台，也极有可能受到该法案的约束。”为该法律辩护的佛罗里达州总检察长詹姆斯·乌斯迈尔的发言人暂未对置评请求作出回应。
“HB3 applies to platforms wholly without regard to the topics discussed or the ideas or messages conveyed on them,” wrote Circuit Judge Kevin Newsom, an appointee of President Donald Trump. “Truth Social is just as likely as Instagram to be affected by HB3.”Representatives for Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who defended the law, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
该法律规定，具备所谓“易致成瘾功能”的社交媒体平台——例如具备视频自动播放、无限滚动等功能的平台——不得允许14岁以下的儿童注册账号。
The law bars social media platforms that have so-called addictive features, which include things like video autoplay and infinite scroll, from allowing children under the age of 14 to create accounts.
由Meta Platforms、TikTok及Snap等公司作为会员的NetChoice与计算机与通信产业协会两大科技行业组织，曾于2024年提起诉讼，试图阻止该法律的实施。
Tech industry groups NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association, which count Meta Platforms, TikTok and Snap as members, had sued in 2024 to block the law.
在周三裁决之后发表的声明中，NetChoice诉讼中心主任保罗·塔斯克表示，该组织“正在评估我们所有的选项，因为我们继续努力，以确保佛罗里达州居民在线表达自由的权利得到保护，并且父母在为家庭做决定时仍然处于主导地位。”佛罗里达州起诉Snapchat佛罗里达州是首批通过法律规范儿童使用社交媒体的几个州之一，此举是在更广泛的背景下进行的，即人们正在重新审视这些应用程序在青少年心理健康中的作用。
In a statement after the ruling on Wednesday, Paul Taske, director of the NetChoice Litigation Center, said the group is "currently evaluating all of our options as we continue the fight to ensure Floridians’ rights to free expression online are protected, and parents remain in the driver’s seat when it comes to making decisions for their families." SNAP SUED Florida was among the first of several states to pass a law regulating social media use for children amid a broader reckoning over the apps’ role in young people’s mental health.
H.B. 3生效后，乌特梅尔于2025年4月起诉Snapchat母公司Snap Inc，指控其非法采用使儿童上瘾的功能，并为13岁及以下儿童开设账户。Snap表示，H.B. 3及该诉讼旨在限制青少年在线言论，违反了美国宪法。
After H.B. 3 took effect, Uthmeier sued Snapchat owner Snap Inc in April 2025, accusing it of illegally employing features that addict children and opening accounts for children aged 13 and younger. Snap said H.B. 3 and the lawsuit sought to restrict teens' speech online in violation of the US Constitution.
几个月后，负责行业团体诉讼的法官批准了他们请求的初步禁令，阻止该法律的执行，称H.B. 3很可能违宪。
A few months later, the judge overseeing the industry groups' lawsuit granted their request for a preliminary injunction blocking the law’s enforcement, saying H.B. 3 was likely unconstitutional.
乌特梅尔向第11巡回上诉法院提出上诉，而该法院在审理案件期间维持了该禁令。
Uthmeier appealed that ruling to the 11th Circuit, and the court had stayed the injunction while it weighed the case.
与此同时，负责审理佛罗里达州对Snap案件的下级法院在2025年8月驳回了州政府要求Snap遵守H.B. 3的请求，同样认为该法律很可能侵犯了宪法权利。但周三的第二项裁决中，第11巡回上诉法院撤销了该决定，并表示该案件应在州法院而非联邦法院进行审理。Snap的一位代表拒绝置评。
Separately, a lower court overseeing Florida’s case against Snap had rejected the state’s request in August 2025 to order Snap to comply with H.B. 3, also finding the law likely violated constitutional rights. But in a second ruling on Wednesday, the 11th Circuit vacated that decision and said the case should move forward in state court, not federal. A representative for Snap declined to comment.
此案为CCIA和NetChoice诉乌特梅尔案，案号为25-11881，由美国第11巡回上诉法院审理。
The case is CCIA and NetChoice v. Uthmeier, 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals, number 25-11881.
CCIA和NetChoice方面的律师：克莱门特与墨菲律师事务所的Erin Murphy；佛罗里达州方面的律师：佛罗里达州总检察长办公室的Jeffrey DeSousa。
For CCIA and NetChoice: Erin Murphy of Clement & Murphy For Florida: Jeffrey DeSousa of the Florida Attorney General's Office