The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has cleared the way for Florida to enforce a closely watched law restricting social-media access for children, handing the state a significant interim win in one of the country’s most important battles over youth online regulation.

The ruling allows Florida to implement a statute that bars certain social-media accounts for children under 14 and imposes additional rules governing minors’ access and account features.

Florida has carried out the execution of James Robertson, a death-row prisoner whose case drew attention for an unusual and legally significant reason: Robertson had pleaded guilty to killing his cellmate and reportedly said he committed the murder in hopes of being transferred to death row. He also waived further appeals, placing the case in the narrower category of so-called “volunteer” executions, where a condemned prisoner elects not to continue challenging the sentence.

That posture matters.