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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring social media platforms to remove child |
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pornography from the platforms. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 120.1001, Business & Commerce Code, is |
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amended by amending Subdivisions (1) and (3) and adding |
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Subdivisions (1-a), (4), and (5) to read as follows: |
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(1) "Child pornography" means visual material that |
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depicts a child engaging in sexual conduct or sexual performance. |
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(1-a) "Deep fake material" means visual material, |
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created with the intent to deceive, that appears to depict a real |
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person performing an action that did not occur in reality. |
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(3) "Intimate parts[,]" has ["sexual conduct," and |
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"visual material" have] the meaning [meanings] assigned by Section |
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21.16, Penal Code. |
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(4) "Sexual conduct" in the context of: |
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(A) deep fake material, has the meaning assigned |
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by Section 21.16, Penal Code; and |
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(B) child pornography, has the meaning assigned |
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by Section 43.25, Penal Code. |
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(5) "Visual material" in the context of: |
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(A) deep fake material, has the meaning assigned |
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by Section 21.16, Penal Code; and |
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(B) child pornography, has the meaning assigned |
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by Section 43.26, Penal Code. |
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SECTION 2. Section 120.102(b), Business & Commerce Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A social media platform that receives notice of explicit |
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deep fake material or child pornography on the social media |
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platform shall: |
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(1) immediately confirm to the user that the social |
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media platform is aware of the material; |
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(2) not later than the 48 hours after the time the user |
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submitted the report, remove the content reported by the user and |
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any known content that is a copy of or identical to the reported |
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content if the content constitutes [as] explicit deep fake material |
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or child pornography; and |
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(3) not later than the seventh day after the date the |
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user submitted the report to the social media platform, provide a |
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written notice to the user updating the user on the status of the |
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reported content. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027. |