Computer & Communications Industry Association v. Uthmeier

On October 28, 2024, a lawsuit was filed in the U.S District Court for the Northern District of Florida by the Computer & Communications Industry Association and NetChoice claiming the law violates the First Amendment, is unconstitutionally vague, and is preempt by the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, however largely focuses on the First Amendment claims because the law completely bans anyone under 14 from using any social media platform that meets the criteria in the law.

On November 18, 2024, a schedule was set for the law being that the Attorney General would delay any enforcement of the until the Preliminary Injunction motion was resolved and for the Defendant to reply by January 13, 2025, and for the Plaintiffs to respond by February 14, 2025, and for the Defendant to reply again by February 21, 2025, and a hearing on the motion would be held on either February 27 or 28, 2025 which would later be adjusted to February 28, 2025, for the hearing.

On February 28, 2025, a hearing was held and during the hearing Chief Judge Mark Eaton Walker appeared skeptical of Florida's arguments and said Florida had a hard row to hoe to justify the law, the hearing also lasted for 3 hours.^[5]

On March 13, 2025, Chief Judge Mark Eaton Walker would deny Plaintiffs motion for a Preliminary Injunction claiming they had failed to show that at least one of its members had at least 10 percent of its users under 16 spent at least 2 hours per day on their platform. He would also grant defendants motion to dismiss 4 days later and asked Plaintiffs to file an amended complaint by March 31, 2025. Plaintiffs Computer & Communications Industry Association and NetChoice would later do just that claiming this time they had evidence that Snapchat was covered by the law and that YouTube, Instagram and Facebook were likely covered by the law.^[6][7]

Later on, June 3, 2025, Chief Judge Mark E. Walker granted the renewed Preliminary Injunction because the law failed first amendment Intermediate scrutiny.^[8]

Computer & Communications Industry Association v. Attorney General, State of Florida
Court	U.S Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
Full case name	Computer & Communications Industry Association, Appellees v. Attorney General, State of Florida, Appellants
Docket nos.	25-11881

The same day that Chief Judge Walker granted the Preliminary Injunction Florida appealed to the U.S Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.^[9] Florida has since asked the 11th Circuit Court to stay the District Courts Injunction which is still pending.^[10]

On November 25, 2025, the U.S Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit granted Florida's motion to stay the preliminary injunction by a 2-1 vote meaning the law went into effect.^[11]

Computer & Communications Industry Association v. Paxton, similar lawsuit in Texas