法院解除禁令 佐治亚州限制未成年人使用社交媒体法可实施
佐治亚州首府 Atlanta 传来消息：联邦第十一巡回上诉法院一个三名法官组成的小组近日裁定，撤销对佐治亚州限制未成年人使用社交媒体法律的初步禁令，该法可恢复实施。法官小组认定，起诉的行业组织 NetChoice 未能证明其主张 likely 成功，案件已发回地区法院继续审理；小组同时指出，NetChoice 并未计及该法所涉各类言论与平台在宪法保护上的差异。
该法名为《保护佐治亚州儿童社交媒体法》（Senate Bill 351），2024年由州议会以广泛的两党支持通过，州长 Brian Kemp 签署生效。法律要求受管辖的社交媒体公司作出商业上合理的努力核实用户年龄，未满16岁者开设账户须经家长同意，并禁止基于年龄与位置以外的个人信息向儿童投放广告。代表 Meta、YouTube、Reddit、X、Pinterest 等平台的 NetChoice 于2025年5月起诉，Atlanta 的联邦法官 Amy Totenberg 同年6月发出初步禁令叫停实施。
佐治亚州总检察长 Chris Carr 为该法辩护，称这一裁决是家庭的重大胜利，并表示此事关乎保护儿童免受网络掠食者与心理健康危害。NetChoice 诉讼中心主任 Paul Taske 表示对裁决失望，正评估法律选项，并指出上诉法院并未裁定 SB 351 合宪。
另据 Carr 办公室，佐治亚州今年8月与另外46个州、华盛顿特区及多个美国领地共同提出一项针对 Meta 公司的多州和解方案：Meta 最高支付171亿美元，其中最高1.35亿美元支付给佐治亚州；和解条款同时要求 Meta 对青少年账户实施新的限制措施，并给予家长更多管控选项。
Court Lifts Block on Georgia Law Restricting Children's Social Media Access, State May Enforce It
From Atlanta, Georgia: a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has vacated the preliminary injunction against Georgia's law restricting children's access to social media, allowing the state to enforce it. The panel determined that NetChoice, the industry group that sued, had failed to demonstrate it was likely to succeed on its claims, and sent the case back to district court for further proceedings. The opinion found flaws in NetChoice's arguments, including that the organization had failed to account for the differing constitutional protections for the full range of speech and platforms the law regulates.
The law, the Protecting Georgia's Children on Social Media Act (Senate Bill 351), passed the General Assembly in 2024 with broad bipartisan support and was signed by Governor Brian Kemp. It requires covered social media companies to make commercially reasonable efforts to verify users' ages, mandates parental consent for those under 16 to open accounts, and bans advertising to children when the ads are based on personal information other than age and location. NetChoice, which represents platforms including Meta, YouTube, Reddit, X and Pinterest, sued in May 2025, and U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg in Atlanta issued a preliminary injunction in June 2025 blocking enforcement.
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, who defended the law, called the decision a major win for families, saying it is about keeping children safe from online predators and mental health harms. Paul Taske, director of the NetChoice Litigation Center, said the group was disappointed and evaluating its legal options, noting the appeals court did not hold that SB 351 is constitutional.
Separately, according to Carr's office, in August Georgia joined 46 other states, the District of Columbia and several U.S. territories in proposing a multistate settlement of a lawsuit against Meta. The settlement would require up to $17.1 billion in payments by Meta, with up to $135 million going to Georgia, and would require Meta to impose new limits on teen accounts while giving parents the option for more control.
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