Tex. Bus. & Com. Code Section 120.053
Biannual Transparency Report

(a)

As part of a social media platform’s acceptable use policy under Section 120.052 (Acceptable Use Policy), the social media platform shall publish a biannual transparency report that includes, with respect to the preceding six-month period:

(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:

(A)

a user complaint;

(B)

an employee of or person contracting with the social media platform; or

(C)

an internal automated detection tool;

(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:

(A)

content removal;

(B)

content demonetization;

(C)

content deprioritization;

(D)

the addition of an assessment to content;

(E)

account suspension;

(F)

account removal; or

(G)

any other action taken in accordance with the platform’s acceptable use policy;

(3)

the country of the user who provided the content for each instance described by Subdivision (2);

(4)

the number of coordinated campaigns, if applicable;

(5)

the number of instances in which a user appealed the decision to remove the user’s potentially policy-violating content;

(6)

the percentage of appeals described by Subdivision (5) that resulted in the restoration of content; and

(7)

a description of each tool, practice, action, or technique used in enforcing the acceptable use policy.

(b)

The information described by Subsection (a)(2) must be categorized by:

(1)

the rule violated; and

(2)

the source for the alert of illegal content, illegal activity, or potentially policy-violating content, including:

(A)

a government;

(B)

a user;

(C)

an internal automated detection tool;

(D)

coordination with other social media platforms; or

(E)

persons employed by or contracting with the platform.

(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.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 20), Sec. 2, eff. December 2, 2021.

Source: Section 120.053 — Biannual Transparency Report, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.­120.­htm#120.­053 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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