Richardson Bill Gives Platforms 48 Hours To Remove Reported Child Pornography

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90R1710 SRA-D

By: Richardson
H.B. No. 543

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requiring social media platforms to remove child

pornography from the platforms.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 120.1001, Business & Commerce Code, is

amended by amending Subdivisions (1) and (3) and adding

Subdivisions (1-a), (4), and (5) to read as follows:

(1) "Child pornography" means visual material that

depicts a child engaging in sexual conduct or sexual performance.

(1-a) "Deep fake material" means visual material,

created with the intent to deceive, that appears to depict a real

person performing an action that did not occur in reality.

(3) "Intimate parts[ , ]" has [ "sexual conduct," and

"visual material" have ] the meaning [ meanings ] assigned by Section

21.16, Penal Code.

(4) "Sexual conduct" in the context of:

(A) deep fake material, has the meaning assigned

by Section 21.16, Penal Code; and

(B) child pornography, has the meaning assigned

by Section 43.25, Penal Code.

(5) "Visual material" in the context of:

(A) deep fake material, has the meaning assigned

by Section 21.16, Penal Code; and

(B) child pornography, has the meaning assigned

by Section 43.26, Penal Code.

SECTION 2. Section 120.102(b), Business & Commerce Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(b) A social media platform that receives notice of explicit

deep fake material or child pornography on the social media

platform shall:

(1) immediately confirm to the user that the social

media platform is aware of the material;

(2) not later than the 48 hours after the time the user

submitted the report, remove the content reported by the user and

any known content that is a copy of or identical to the reported

content if the content constitutes [ as ] explicit deep fake material

or child pornography ; and

(3) not later than the seventh day after the date the

user submitted the report to the social media platform, provide a

written notice to the user updating the user on the status of the

reported content.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.