{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-120.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 120.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Social media platform\" means an Internet website or application that is open to the public, allows a user to create an account, and enables users to communicate with other users for the primary purpose of posting information, comments, messages, or images. The term does not include:\n(A) an Internet service provider as defined by Section 324.055;\n(B) electronic mail; or\n(C) an online service, application, or website:\n(i) that consists primarily of news, sports, entertainment, or other information or content that is not user generated but is preselected by the provider; and\n(ii) for which any chat, comments, or interactive functionality is incidental to, directly related to, or dependent on the provision of the content described by Subparagraph (i).\n(2) \"User\" means a person who posts, uploads, transmits, shares, or otherwise publishes or receives content through a social media platform. The term includes a person who has a social media platform account that the social media platform has disabled or locked.\nAdded by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 20), Sec. 2, eff. December 2, 2021.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 5. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES AND SERVICES","SUBTITLE C. BUSINESS OPERATIONS","CHAPTER 120. SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.120.htm#120.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"54735278d749523a327ae6cfea4ec2e26c85506005ba452a7db89cd38e18f5e5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-119.0001","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-120.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}