Florida’s attorney general is suing the popular Snapchat social media platform, alleging that the company has refused to follow a new state law requiring social media firms to obtain parental consent before providing accounts to 14- to 15-year-olds.

James Uthmeier’s office filed the lawsuit on April 22 in the First Judicial District Court in Santa Rosa County. It argues the reason Florida lawmakers passed House Bill 3 last year was that parents, educators and others view the obsessive use of social media platforms by youths as a threat to their mental health.

HB 3, which prohibits social media companies from providing accounts to those 13 and under, has also faced a federal court challenge by tech companies, although a federal judge recently rejected the companies’ request for an injunction to stop enforcement of the new law.

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