NetChoice files First Amendment challenge to Florida SB 7072 youth social media law, arguing age verification burdens protected speech

NetChoice filed a First Amendment challenge to Florida's SB 7072, which prohibited users under 16 from creating social media accounts without parental consent and required age verification for all users. The challenge argued the age verification requirement would force adults to identify themselves to access protected speech — a burden the Supreme Court struck down in Reno v. ACLU (1997) — and that parental consent imposed an unconstitutional prior restraint on minors' speech. The case became the leading test of whether youth social media restrictions could survive First Amendment scrutiny.