Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 509.056 · Subchapter B. DIGITAL SERVICE PROVIDER DUTIES AND PROHIBITIONS
USE OF ALGORITHMS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A digital service provider that uses algorithms to automate the suggestion, promotion, or ranking of information to known minors on the digital service shall:
(1) make a commercially reasonable effort to ensure that the algorithm does not interfere with the digital service provider's duties under Section 509.053; and
(2) disclose in the digital service provider's terms of service, privacy policy, or similar document, in a clear and accessible manner, an overview of:
(A) the manner in which the digital service uses algorithms to provide information or content;
(B) the manner in which algorithms promote, rank, or filter information or content; and
(C) the personal identifying information used as inputs to provide information or content.
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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