Attorneys for the state Wednesday told a federal appeals court that a judge erred when he rejected a preliminary injunction to force the operator of Snapchat to comply with a 2024 Florida law aimed at keeping children off certain social-media platforms.

The state filed a 62-page brief at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that, in part, disputed the law violates the First Amendment.

Also, the brief contended that the underlying case should be resolved in state court, rather than in federal court.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed the lawsuit in April in state court in Santa Rosa County alleging that Snap Inc., the operator of Snapchat, had violated the law.

The lawsuit was later moved to federal court.

The law (HB 3) seeks to prevent children under age 16 from openin

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