11th Circuit Allows Florida and Georgia to Enforce Youth Social Media Restrictions

美国联邦第十一巡回上诉法院合议庭裁定，解除针对佛罗里达州和佐治亚州青少年社交媒体限制法案的初步禁令，允许两州正式开始执法。根据佛罗里达州H.B. 3法案规定，未满14周岁的用户禁止在适用法案的社交平台上注册账户，14至15周岁用户开设账户则须征得父母同意。佐治亚州S.B. 351法案则要求，未满16周岁用户注册平台必须获得父母同意，平台同时须采取符合商业合理标准的年龄验证措施。电子前沿基金会（Electronic Frontier Foundation）警告称，强制执行具有侵入性的年龄验证审查，将危及未成年人及成年人的宪法第一修正案权利与隐私权。该数字权益组织正呼吁受影响的互联网用户记录遭遇的访问障碍，为后续法律诉讼提供证据支持。

A panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has lifted preliminary injunctions against social media restriction statutes in Florida and Georgia, allowing both states to begin enforcement. Florida's H.B. 3 bans users under 14 from holding accounts on covered platforms and requires parental consent for 14- and 15-year-olds. Georgia's S.B. 351 requires parental consent for users under 16 alongside commercially reasonable age verification efforts. The Electronic Frontier Foundation warned that these measures threaten the First Amendment rights and privacy of both minors and adults by mandating intrusive age-verification checks. In response, the digital rights group is calling on affected internet users to document access barriers to support ongoing legal challenges.