{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-120.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 120.053","heading":"BIANNUAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT.","body":"(a) As part of a social media platform's acceptable use policy under Section 120.052, the social media platform shall publish a biannual transparency report that includes, with respect to the preceding six-month period:\n(1) the total number of instances in which the social media platform was alerted to illegal content, illegal activity, or potentially policy-violating content by:\n(A) a user complaint;\n(B) an employee of or person contracting with the social media platform; or\n(C) an internal automated detection tool;\n(2) subject to Subsection (b), the number of instances in which the social media platform took action with respect to illegal content, illegal activity, or potentially policy-violating content known to the platform due to the nature of the content as illegal content, illegal activity, or potentially policy-violating content, including:\n(A) content removal;\n(B) content demonetization;\n(C) content deprioritization;\n(D) the addition of an assessment to content;\n(E) account suspension;\n(F) account removal; or\n(G) any other action taken in accordance with the platform's acceptable use policy;\n(3) the country of the user who provided the content for each instance described by Subdivision (2);\n(4) the number of coordinated campaigns, if applicable;\n(5) the number of instances in which a user appealed the decision to remove the user's potentially policy-violating content;\n(6) the percentage of appeals described by Subdivision (5) that resulted in the restoration of content; and\n(7) a description of each tool, practice, action, or technique used in enforcing the acceptable use policy.\n(b) The information described by Subsection (a)(2) must be categorized by:\n(1) the rule violated; and\n(2) the source for the alert of illegal content, illegal activity, or potentially policy-violating content, including:\n(A) a government;\n(B) a user;\n(C) an internal automated detection tool;\n(D) coordination with other social media platforms; or\n(E) persons employed by or contracting with the platform.\n(c) A social media platform shall publish the information described by Subsection (a) with an open license, in a machine-readable and open format, and in a location that is easily accessible to users.\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 B. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.120.htm#120.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"9826ba457d3d74d451e62e96c9becfa23b0bedc226fab9103814f135b22780c4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-120.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-120.1001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}