Florida

Latest from Florida

1. Children are not products. Arcadia demands limits on surrogacy

   At an October 16 bail hearing, prosecutors described children kept indoors for years, sharpening the case for Congress to put child safeguards ahead of commercial surrogacy.

   Also filed under Los Angeles County, California, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia

2. Two federal rulings put parents back in charge of teen apps

   The Eleventh Circuit cleared Florida’s teen-account law, then Georgia’s parental-consent law; Florida is also suing Discord over alleged failures to protect children.

   Also filed under Georgia

3. James Uthmeier asks court to rein in Meta’s teen apps

   Florida wants Meta to remove under-14 users, cap teen use at two hours and disable autoplay and infinite scroll as its lawsuit continues.

4. Florida sues Netflix over children’s data and parental control

   Florida’s lawsuit puts children’s viewing data and parents’ authority at the center of its legal fight with Netflix.