Section 129B.005 - Applicability Of Chapter(a) This chapter does not apply to a bona fide news or public interest broadcast, website video, report, or event and may not be construed to affect the rights of a news-gathering organization. (b) An Internet service provider, or its affiliates or subsidiaries, a search engine, or a cloud service provider may not be held to have violated this chapter solely for providing access or connection to or from a website or other information or content on the Internet or on a facility, system, or network not under that provider's control, including transmission, downloading, intermediate storage, access software, or other services to the extent the provider or search engine is not responsible for the creation of the content that constitutes sexual material harmful to minors. Tex. Civ. Prac. and Rem. Code § 129B.005
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 676,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2023.