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Legal challenges will decide the fate of the state's new ban on social media for kids under 14. Plus, more on how Broward County's cellphone ban during the school day is going.

Ten laws passed during the 2024 legislative session will take effect Wednesday. They were among 299 bills approved by the Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis, the majority of which took effect July 1.

Florida's new law takes effect at the beginning of the year and critics are already calling the law unconstitutional.

The Life in Media Survey will collect data from thousands of preteens over the next quarter century, measuring how using digital media changes attitude, behavior and health throughout their lives.

The groups claim the law violates the First Amendment and posits that parents should be the ones to decide what platforms or websites their children access and use.

Ahead of the highly anticipated 2024 presidential election, Factchequeado seeks to combat disinformation in the Spanish-speaking community.

The arguments are the latest steps in a high-profile lawsuit that started in 2021, after DeSantis and Republican lawmakers placed restrictions on large social media platforms such as Facebook and YouTube.

After a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month, Florida and tech-industry groups could be poised to resume a legal battle about a 2021 state law aimed at placing restrictions on social media platforms.

The law, which will take effect Jan. 1, seeks to prevent children under age 16 from opening social-media accounts on at least some platforms.

The Supreme Court is keeping a hold on efforts in Texas and Florida to limit how Facebook, TikTok, X, YouTube and other social media platforms regulate content posted by their users.

Researchers reveal that social influencers are sharing unsubstantiated claims about the side effects of some birth control methods ranging from infertility to depression.

Florida will have one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors, if it withstands expected legal challenges.