Legislation that would ban Tik-Toc in the United States unless it's a Chinese owner divest from the company is currently making its way through the Senate.

It's still not clear what's going to happen to that bill exactly. It overwhelmingly passed in the House by hundreds of votes, but it appears to be significantly less popular in the upper chamber and that's true in no small part because of the most intense lobbying campaign in recent memory is underway to kill the legislation.

So that's why legislation that was just signed into law by Governor Ron Desantis of Florida is so significant.

It hasn't got much attention, but it should because it addresses the legitimate concerns about apps like Tik-Toc

without granting the government

any kind of sweeping new unprecedented powers to regulate the lives of American citizens.

Instead, it regulates the behavior of children in a manner that's consistent with all sorts of other regulations that already apply

to minors.

Watch.

His grandpa says Bryson's screen time is limited and of course he's entirely too young

for social media but just how young is too young.

It's done, there you go.

Look how fat that little thing.

Look how fat that little fish is.

Talk about fat. Look at that. House Bill 3 would require social media

companies to ban accounts belonging to someone under the age of 14 to be on

sites like Instagram and Tik-Toc.

Patty.

The bill is widely expected to face legal challenges from the tech industry.

So generally speaking under this bill children on to face legal challenges from the tech industry.

So generally speaking, under this bill,

children on the age of 14 can't have social media accounts.

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