Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 509.056
USE OF ALGORITHMS
Texas · Texas Business & Commerce Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 509.056, USE OF ALGORITHMS, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/631491
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A digital service provider that uses algorithms to automate the suggestion, promotion, or ranking of information to known minors on the digital service shall:
(1) make a commercially reasonable effort to ensure that the algorithm does not interfere with the digital service provider's duties under Section 509.053; and
(2) disclose in the digital service provider's terms of service, privacy policy, or similar document, in a clear and accessible manner, an overview of:
(A) the manner in which the digital service uses algorithms to provide information or content;
(B) the manner in which algorithms promote, rank, or filter information or content; and
(C) the personal identifying information used as inputs to provide information or content.