Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 509.054 · Subchapter B. DIGITAL SERVICE PROVIDER DUTIES AND PROHIBITIONS
DIGITAL SERVICE PROVIDER DUTY TO CREATE PARENTAL TOOLS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A digital service provider shall create and provide to a verified parent parental tools to allow the verified parent to supervise the verified parent's known minor's use of a digital service.
(b) Parental tools under this section must allow a verified parent to:
(1) control the known minor's privacy and account settings;
(2) alter the duties of a digital service provider under Section 509.052 with regard to the verified parent's known minor;
(3) if the verified parent alters the duty of a digital service provider under Section 509.052(2)(A), restrict the ability of the verified parent's known minor to make purchases or engage in financial transactions; and
(4) monitor and limit the amount of time the verified parent's known minor spends using the digital service.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 795 (H.B. 18), Sec. 2.01, eff. September 1, 2024.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.509.htm
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