Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a bill that would ban social media accounts for kids under 16 with plans to consider a "different, superior bill." The governor shared the news Friday afternoon in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. DeSantis said it's important to both protect children from the harms of social media and support parents' rights — echoing the sentiment of several critics who felt HB 1 was an overreach of individual expression. HB 1 would have banned kids under 16 years old from creating accounts on some platforms deemed to have "addictive features" using a third-party verification system. Minors owning existing accounts could have lost them, too. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/politics/desantis-vetoes-florida-social-media-ban-teens/67-c0d42912-88d9-487e-b94a-8a1aa5d5b3e6 ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►X: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay