Florida Age Verification Law

Yes. The law restricts minors under 16 from creating or maintaining social media accounts and requires platforms to implement measures that verify users’ ages before account creation.

Florida requires various digital platforms to comply with the law, for example:

• Adult websites with sexually explicit content
• Social media platforms that let users create accounts or access adult-themed features
• Other businesses that share material deemed harmful to minors

Non-compliant businesses risk fines and potential legal action for violating the law’s age verification rules. Keep in mind that companies outside Florida must comply if their platforms are accessible to users within this region. 

Yes. Other US states have introduced similar age verification measures. 

For example:

• South Carolina’s HB 3424 targets platforms with over one-third adult content
• Georgia’s SB 351 requires social media companies to block users under 16. 

Under the law, “reasonable methods” are required, which don’t concentrate on a specific technology but rather a range of options for remote age verification. 

For example:

• Using a third-party RegTech service provider, such as iDenfy
• Implementing a document verification solution for confirming IDs (passports, driver’s licenses, etc.)
• Integrating a biometric verification solution with built-in liveness detection

Platforms can’t use personal information for anything beyond age verification and must implement appropriate data retention and storage policies that avoid logging unnecessary details. 

In many cases, yes. Most adult or explicit content sites will require users to verify age with an official ID document, such as a driver’s license, or use a secure third-party verification system like iDenfy. There are no-code integration options, for example, like the Magic Link, which is perfect for such platforms because the link can be customized and used as a one-time verification process that redirects certain users to verify their identity and age. 

Like with other similar laws that restrict access to websites, users aren’t happy about it because they need to complete extra verification steps before accessing the content. For business, this means extra costs due to the need to implement age verification. That’s why critics argue that the age verification laws are unnecessary because private solutions already exist, and the collection of sensitive personal data isn’t a top priority. As a suggestion, critics say that education for parents and kids is enough as a solution to create safe internet use.