On October 7, 2026, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a motion asking a Pasco County judge to impose temporary restrictions on Meta’s Instagram and Facebook services for young users while the state’s lawsuit proceeds. The reported terms include an under-14 cutoff, a two-hour daily limit across Meta apps for teenagers, and changes to platform features. A motion asks a court for relief; it is not itself an order.
What Florida asked Meta to change
Florida reportedly asked Meta to identify and remove Florida users under 14 from Instagram and Facebook. For teenagers, the requested limit is two hours of combined use per day across Meta apps—not two hours on each app. The request also calls for autoplay and infinite scrolling to be disabled on teen accounts.
The reported terms include further restrictions: teen messaging would stop once the daily limit was reached, and Meta would be barred from showing ads to teenagers. Florida asked for the changes to begin immediately and remain in place while its lawsuit proceeds.
Florida continued its case outside the August settlement
Florida chose not to join an August settlement with other states and continued its case against Meta. NeoTeo previously covered Arturo Béjar’s account and a California-filed teen-protection agreement; Florida’s motion is a separate development in its lawsuit.
The motion was reported as pending on October 9
Reporting dated October 9, 2026, described the motion as pending. That status refers to the request before the court, not a ruling imposing the requested restrictions.
