Texas Business and Commerce Code - BUS & COM § 509.002. Applicability

(1) connects users in a manner that allows users to socially interact with other users on the digital service;

(2) allows a user to create a public or semi-public profile for purposes of signing into and using the digital service; and

(3) allows a user to create or post content that can be viewed by other users of the digital service, including sharing content on:

(1) a state agency or a political subdivision of this state;

(2) a financial institution or data subject to Title V, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (15 U.S.C. Section 6801 et seq.);

(3) a covered entity or business associate governed by the privacy, security, and breach notification rules issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, 45 C.F.R. Parts 160 and 164, established under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. Section 1320d et seq.), and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (Division A, Title XIII, and Division B, Title IV, Pub. L. No. 111-5);

(4) a small business as defined by the United States Small Business Administration on September 1, 2024;

(5) an institution of higher education;

(6) a digital service provider who processes or maintains user data in connection with the employment, promotion, reassignment, or retention of the user as an employee or independent contractor, to the extent that the user's data is processed or maintained for that purpose;

(7) an operator or provider regulated by Subchapter D, Chapter 32, Education Code, that primarily provides education services to students or educational institutions;

(8) a person subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g) that:

(9) a digital service provider's provision of a digital service that facilitates e-mail or direct messaging services, if the digital service facilitates only those services; or

(10) a digital service provider's provision of a digital service that:

(1) on the Internet; or

(2) on a facility, system, or network not under the control of the Internet service provider, provider's affiliate or subsidiary, search engine, or cloud service provider.