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Texas Business and Commerce Code - BUS & COM § 509.056. Use of Algorithms

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

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.

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