TX HB3133: Relating to user reports of explicit deep fake material on social media platforms.

In one paragraph

Texas's HB 3133 adds explicit deep fake material to the complaint system that large social media platforms (over 50 million monthly active U.S. users) must run under Business & Commerce Code Chapter 120. On notice of explicit deep fake material, a platform must immediately confirm to the user that it is aware of it, remove it and known identical copies, and update the user in writing within seven days; if it finds the content is explicit deep fake material, it must take measures to stop it being reposted. Platforms must post a plain-language notice of the process. Any Chapter 120 violation is now a deceptive trade practice. Signed June 20, 2025; effective September 1, 2025.

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What it means for business

Social media platforms with over 50 million monthly U.S. users must take explicit deep fake reports, confirm them immediately, remove the content and known copies, update the reporter in writing within 7 days, block reposts of confirmed material and post notice; violations are DTPA violations.

Key provisions

1. 1Deep fake material: visual material, created with the intent to deceive, that appears to depict a real person performing an action that did not occur; explicit deep fake material appears to depict a real person engaging in sexual conduct or with intimate parts exposed (§ 120.1001)
2. 2Applies to social media platforms covered by Chapter 120: those with more than 50 million active U.S. users in a calendar month (existing § 120.002)
3. 3The platform's complaint system must let users submit good-faith complaints about explicit deep fake material and track their status (§ 120.101)
4. 4Platforms must post a clear and conspicuous, plain-language notice of the complaint system describing their duties and how to submit a complaint; it may be on a page reached by a clear hyperlink (§ 120.1015)
5. 5On notice of explicit deep fake material, a platform must immediately confirm to the user that it is aware of it, remove the reported content and any known copies or identical content, and send the user a written status update no later than the seventh day after the report (§ 120.102(b))
6. 6If the platform finds the content is not explicit deep fake material it may restore it; if it is, the platform must implement measures so the same material is not posted again. No removal notice or appeal is owed to the poster for content removed after such a complaint (§§ 120.1025, 120.103(b)(3))
7. 7A violation of Chapter 120 is a deceptive trade practice actionable under the DTPA (Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code); the Attorney General's injunction action remains (§ 120.151, retitled "Injunctive Relief")
8. 8Signed by the Governor June 20, 2025 (Chapter 749); effective September 1, 2025

Latest legislative action

Jun 20, 2025. Signed by the Governor

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