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It's Wednesday, March 27th.

I'm Alex Osola for the Wall Street Journal.

Coming up on today's show, a new Florida law prohibits children under 14

from having social media accounts, regardless of parental consent.

We'll hear about how this would work in practice

and whether the law has implications beyond Florida from

W.S.J. reporter Sarah Needleman.

And then, at a recent energy conference in Houston, energy and tech executives could not stop talking about artificial intelligence.

W.S.J. reporter Catherine Blunt tells us why the AI Boom is fueling an insatiable appetite for electricity,

and what that means for our future energy consumption.

But first, the biggest social media platforms have tens of millions of teen users in the U.S.

according to a recent Pew Research Center survey.

Now, newly signed legislation in Florida prohibits people under the age of 14

from having social media accounts. The law is set to take effect on January 1st 2025.

W.S.J. reporter Sarah Needleman joins me now with more about the new law and some of the challenges of implementing it.

Sarah, what are the current rules about protecting kids online?

There is a federal law, the Children's Online Privacy Act, that applies to children under the age of 13 in terms of making sure social media

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