U.S. District Judge Mark Walker largely denied the plaintiffs' request to block three sections of the new law.

On Tuesday, a Florida federal judge halted enforcement of a law in Florida that would have barred most social media platforms from allowing young children to have accounts, saying it is a violation of the First Amendment’s protections on free speech.

A new criminal penalty targeting Florida ballot measure groups has been blocked by a federal judge over concerns the law violates the US Constitution’s free speech protections.