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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to third-party software providers' ability to manage |
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certain users' social media accounts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 120, Business & Commerce |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 120.1031 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 120.1031. THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE PROVIDERS. A social |
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media platform shall create, maintain, and make available to |
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third-party software providers a set of real-time application |
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programming interfaces through which a child or a parent or |
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guardian of a child may delegate permission to a third-party |
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software provider to manage the online interactions, content, and |
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account settings of the child on the social media platform on the |
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same terms as the child. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |