On October 7, 2026, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sought a temporary injunction requiring Meta to change how its services, including Facebook and Instagram, work for young users. Reported terms included a two-hour daily limit on app use and disabling public like counts. The request itself did not impose new rules on Meta.
What Florida asked Meta to change
The reported request targeted both time spent on Meta apps and features visible to other users. Florida sought a two-hour daily cap on young users’ app use and asked Meta to disable public like counts. These were proposed measures for the court to consider, not changes already applied to Facebook or Instagram.
Florida's case against Meta dates to 2024
Florida filed its underlying lawsuit against Meta in 2024, when Ashley Moody was the state’s attorney general. Florida later declined to join a multistate settlement and continued its case separately.
Meta says limits on one platform could shift teen use elsewhere
Meta objected to Florida’s decision to continue litigating after declining the settlement. The company also argued that restricting one platform could lead teenagers to move to other services.
