FL S0454

Social media platforms must develop and implement content moderation strategies using natural language processing and computer vision techniques to prevent minors from being exposed to content involving grooming, solicitation, child pornography, or sexual exploitation

Platforms must verify the ages of users creating accounts and use geo-fencing to restrict minors' access to inappropriate features and content

Parents and legal guardians must be provided parental control settings with geo-fencing features to set location-based and time-based boundaries on their minor child's social media usage

Platforms must deploy real-time monitoring systems and algorithms to detect suspicious activity involving minors—including adult-minor interactions and private messaging patterns—and automatically report identified instances to local law enforcement or child protection agencies

Noncompliance constitutes a deceptive and unfair trade practice under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, with an effective date of July 1, 2024