Reuters · October 14, 2026

11th Circuit Allows Florida to Enforce Law Barring Children Under 14 From Certain Social Media Accounts

• A unanimous three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday vacated a preliminary injunction that had blocked Florida law H.B. 3, according to the report.
• H.B. 3 bars platforms with features including video autoplay and infinite scroll from allowing children under 14 to create accounts, according to the report.
• NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association, whose members include Meta Platforms, TikTok and Snap, sued in 2024 to block the law, according to the report.
• NetChoice said after the ruling that it is evaluating its options, according to the report. In a separate decision the same day, the court vacated a lower-court ruling in Florida's case against Snap and said that case should move forward in state court, according to the report; Snap declined to comment, according to the report.

Case and ruling figures via the 11th Circuit decision, cited in the original report. Representatives for Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier did not immediately respond to a request for comment, according to the original report. Original headline: "Florida can enforce state law barring young kids from social media, appeals court rules".