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FSC v. Moody (Florida)
Free Speech Coalition, alongside co-plaintiffs working in the sex education, adult content, sexual wellness, and legal fields, has filed a legal challenge in Florida against the state’s age-verification mandate, which is scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2025.
Different provisions of the same law, requiring age-verification for social media access, have already been challenged by other litigants. Read more
Case Status: In Progress
Law Status: Not In Effect
Timeline
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December 16, 2024
FSC & co-plaintiffs sued Florida’s Attorney General.
Attorneys
Jeff SandmanD. Gill Sperlein
Gary S. Edinger
Lawrence G. Walters
Firms
Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP
The Law Office of D. Gill Sperlein
Benjamin, Aaronson, Edinger & Patanzo, P.A.
Walters Law Group
Key Points
- HB3 empowers the Florida attorney general’s office to bring civil claims of up to $50,000 per violation against websites with “material harmful to minors” if they do not require visitors to upload a government ID, scan their face, or otherwise verify their age and identity.
- The law violates the First and Fourth Amendments to, and Commerce and Supremacy Clauses of, the United States Constitution, because it impermissibly burdens Plaintiffs’ exercise of their rights thereunder.