News in brief
By The Associated Press
Florida lawmakers pass ban on social media for kids under 16
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. | A bill to create one of the nation’s most restrictive bans on minors’ use of social media is heading to Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has expressed concerns about the legislation to keep children under the age of 16 off popular platforms regardless of parental approval.
The House passed the bill on a 108-7 vote Thursday just hours after the Senate approved it 23-14. The Senate made changes to the original House bill, which Republican Speaker Paul Renner said he hopes will address DeSantis’ questions about privacy.
The bill targets any social media site that tracks user activity, allows children to upload material and interact with others, and uses addictive features designed to cause excessive or compulsive use.
Navalny’s mother says she’s resisting pressure to agree to a secret burial
The mother of Russia’s late opposition leader Alexei Navalny says that she has seen her son’s body and that she is resisting strong pressure by authorities to agree to a secret burial outside the public eye.
Lyudmila Navalnaya said investigators have allowed her to see her son’s body in the city morgue. She reaffirmed the demand to give Navalny’s body to her and protested what she described as authorities trying to force her to agree to a secret burial.
Navalny’s mother said that she rejected the demand and reaffirmed her demand to hand over her son’s body to her, speaking in a video statement from the Arctic city of Salekhard,
—From AP reports
