Bill Text: TX HB2874 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the inclusion of provenance data on content shared on social media platforms.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-14 - Filed [HB2874 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB2874-Introduced.html
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| By: Lalani | H.B. No. 2874 | |
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| relating to the inclusion of provenance data on content shared on | ||
| social media platforms. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 120, Business & Commerce Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subchapter B-1 to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER B-1. PROVENANCE DATA | ||
| Sec. 120.081. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "provenance | ||
| data" means metadata on a file that can be used to identify: | ||
| (1) the date and place of the file's origin; | ||
| (2) the method used to generate the file; or | ||
| (3) the file's history, including the manner in which | ||
| the file has been transmitted or stored. | ||
| Sec. 120.082. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. (a) | ||
| Notwithstanding Section 120.002(b), this subchapter applies only | ||
| to a social media platform that functionally has more than 1.5 | ||
| million active users in this state in a calendar month. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding Section 120.002(b), Subchapter D | ||
| applies to a social media platform described by Subsection (a) for | ||
| the purpose of enforcing this subchapter. | ||
| Sec. 120.083. CONTENT CREATED ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM. | ||
| (a) A social media platform shall attach provenance data to each | ||
| photo, video, or audio file created on the social media platform or | ||
| using tools provided by the social media platform. | ||
| (b) A social media platform shall provide a method by which | ||
| a user may easily access the provenance data of a photo, video, or | ||
| audio file described by Subsection (a). | ||
| Sec. 120.084. CONTENT POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM. (a) | ||
| A social media platform shall attach provenance data to each photo, | ||
| video, or audio file posted on the social media platform for which | ||
| the social media platform can discern the file's provenance data. | ||
| (b) If a social media platform cannot discern the provenance | ||
| data of a photo, video, or audio file, the social media platform | ||
| shall attach a notice to the file stating that the social media | ||
| platform cannot discern the provenance data of the file. | ||
| (c) A social media platform shall provide a method by which | ||
| a user may easily access the provenance data of a photo, video, or | ||
| audio file. The notice required by Subsection (b) must be displayed | ||
| in place of provenance data, if a notice is attached to the file. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
