Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 120.052 · Subchapter B. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A social media platform shall publish an acceptable use policy in a location that is easily accessible to a user.
(b) A social media platform's acceptable use policy must:
(1) reasonably inform users about the types of content allowed on the social media platform;
(2) explain the steps the social media platform will take to ensure content complies with the policy;
(3) explain the means by which users can notify the social media platform of content that potentially violates the acceptable use policy, illegal content, or illegal activity, which includes:
(A) an e-mail address or relevant complaint intake mechanism to handle user complaints; and
(B) a complaint system described by Subchapter C; and
(4) include publication of a biannual transparency report outlining actions taken to enforce the policy.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 20), Sec. 2, eff. December 2, 2021.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.120.htm
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