Digital Service Provider Duty To Create Parental Tools

Sec. 509.054. DIGITAL SERVICE PROVIDER DUTY TO CREATE PARENTAL TOOLS. (a) A digital service provider shall create and provide to a verified parent parental tools to allow the verified parent to supervise the verified parent's known minor's use of a digital service. (b) Parental tools under this section must allow a verified parent to: (1) control the known minor's privacy and account settings; (2) alter the duties of a digital service provider under Section 509.052 with regard to the verified parent's known minor; (3) if the verified parent alters the duty of a digital service provider under Section 509.052(2)(A), restrict the ability of the verified parent's known minor to make purchases or engage in financial transactions; and (4) monitor and limit the amount of time the verified parent's known minor spends using the digital service. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 795 (H.B. 18), Sec. 2.01, eff. September 1, 2024.